The Racket

1h 24m
CrimeDrama
6.5

A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

Cast

Thomas Meighan
Police Captain James McQuigg
Louis Wolheim
Nick Scarsi
Marie Prevost
Helen Hayes
G. Pat Collins
Patrolman Johnson
Henry Sedley
Spike Corcoran
George E. Stone
Joe Scarsi
Sam De Grasse
District Attorney Welch
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Miller
John Darrow
Cub Reporter Dave Ames
Lucien Prival
Chick
Dan Wolheim
Sergeant Turck
William H. O'Brien
Detective Frisking Nick

Crew

Lewis Milestone
Director
Del Andrews
Writer
Bartlett Cormack
Adaptation, Theatre Play
Eddie Adamson
Editor
Tony Gaudio
Director of Photography
Nate Watt
Assistant Director
Howard Hughes
Producer
Julian Boone Fleming
Art Direction

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