Smashing the Rackets
1938 | 69m | English
Popularity: 0.9 (history)
| Director: | Lew Landers |
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| Writer: | Forrest Davis, Lionel Houser |
| Staring: |
| 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... | |
| Release Date: | Aug 08, 1938 |
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| Director: | Lew Landers |
| Writer: | Forrest Davis, Lionel Houser |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime |
| Keywords | fbi, gangster |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Chester Morris | Jim "Socker" Conway |
| Frances Mercer | Susan 'Pat' Lane |
| Bruce Cabot | Steve Lawrence |
| Rita Johnson | Leticia "Letty" Lane |
| Edward Pawley | Chin Martin |
| Joe De Stefani | Franz |
| Donald Douglas | Harry Spaulding |
| Kay Sutton | Peggy |
| Ben Welden | Whitey Clark |
| Paul Fix | Maxie |
| Eddie Acuff | Joe - Hoodlum |
| George Irving | District Attorney Edward Greer |
| Scotty Beckett | Otto, Franz's Son |
| Brooks Benedict | Court Clerk |
| Stanley Blystone | Policeman |
| Tom Chatterton | Grand Juryman |
| Jimmy Conlin | Witness |
| Edith Craig | Flo Fisher |
| Mike Donovan | Bailiff |
| Jimmie Dundee | Fuller - Henchman |
| Al Ferguson | Detective |
| Byron Foulger | Alverson - Chemist |
| Robert Frazer | Weather Man |
| Bud Geary | Detective |
| George Hackathorne | Detective |
| Kenneth Harlan | Angry Businessman |
| Eddie Hart | Ed Dooley |
| Howard Hickman | James J. Carew |
| Al Hill | Strong Arm Man |
| Max Hoffman Jr. | 1st Protection Racket Thug |
| Cecil Kellaway | Barrett |
| Rita La Roy | Reluctant Witness |
| Mike Lally | 2nd Protection Racket Thug |
| Edward LeSaint | Judge #2 |
| Carl M. Leviness | Assistant Attorney |
| George Lloyd | Big Mike Leonard |
| Rollo Lloyd | Sam Schwartz - Butcher |
| Tom London | Dixon - Detective |
| Mary MacLaren | Nurse |
| George Meeker | District Attorney Aide |
| Victor Metzetti | Smokey - Henchman |
| Walter Miller | Mac |
| Edmund Mortimer | Angry Businessman |
| Horace Murphy | Doorman |
| Max Rose | Detective |
| Walter Sande | Hospital Interne |
| C. Montague Shaw | Grand Juryman |
| Libby Taylor | Duchess |
| Frank M. Thomas | Judge Wend |
| Charles Trowbridge | Grand Juryman |
| Theodore von Eltz | Howard Ellis |
| Solly Ward | Dry Cleaner |
| Pierre Watkin | John Nelson Davis |
| Leo White | Juror |
| Gayne Whitman | News Broadcaster |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Nicholas Musuraca | Director of Photography |
| Lew Landers | Director |
| Forrest Davis | Writer |
| Lionel Houser | Writer |
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