Movie Description
Smashing the Rackets
(1938)Overview
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office. Meanwhile, he meets wild debutante Letty Lane, girlfriend of mob mouthpiece Steve Lawrence; and Letty's much nicer sister Susan. Now the slot machine gang brutally beats Jim's friends Franz and Otto. And Jim finds a way to use his nominal position to go into the racket- busting business. But his success puts Letty in deadly peril...
Featured Crew
- Director : Lew Landers
- Writer : Forrest Davis,Lionel Houser
- Cast : Chester Morris,Frances Mercer,Bruce Cabot,Rita Johnson,Edward Pawley,Joe De Stefani,Donald Douglas,Kay Sutton,Ben Welden,Paul Fix,Eddie Acuff,George Irving,Scotty Beckett,Brooks Benedict,Stanley Blystone,Tom Chatterton,Jimmy Conlin,Edith Craig,Mike Donovan,Jimmie Dundee,Al Ferguson,Byron Foulger,Robert Frazer,Bud Geary,George Hackathorne,Kenneth Harlan,Eddie Hart,Howard Hickman,Al Hill,Max Hoffman Jr.,Cecil Kellaway,Rita La Roy,Mike Lally,Edward LeSaint,Carl M. Leviness,George Lloyd,Rollo Lloyd,Tom London,Mary MacLaren,George Meeker,Victor Metzetti,Walter Miller,Edmund Mortimer,Horace Murphy,Max Rose,Walter Sande,C. Montague Shaw,Libby Taylor,Frank M. Thomas,Charles Trowbridge,Theodore von Eltz,Solly Ward,Pierre Watkin,Leo White,Gayne Whitman
Cast
Jim "Socker" Conway
Susan 'Pat' Lane
Steve Lawrence
Leticia "Letty" Lane
Chin Martin
Franz
Harry Spaulding
Peggy
Whitey Clark
Maxie
Joe - Hoodlum
District Attorney Edward Greer
Otto, Franz's Son
Court Clerk
Policeman
Grand Juryman
Witness
Flo Fisher
Bailiff
Fuller - Henchman
Detective
Alverson - Chemist
Weather Man
Detective
Detective
Angry Businessman
Ed Dooley
James J. Carew
Strong Arm Man
1st Protection Racket Thug
Barrett
Reluctant Witness
2nd Protection Racket Thug
Judge #2
Assistant Attorney
Big Mike Leonard
Sam Schwartz - Butcher
Dixon - Detective
Nurse
District Attorney Aide
Smokey - Henchman
Mac
Angry Businessman
Doorman
Detective
Hospital Interne
Grand Juryman
Duchess
Judge Wend
Grand Juryman
Howard Ellis
Dry Cleaner
John Nelson Davis
Juror
News Broadcaster
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Facts
Original TitleSmashing the Rackets
Status Released
Release Information
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1938-08-08
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 09m
Production CompaniesRKO Radio Pictures
Genres
- Drama
- Crime
