Smashing the Rackets

Smashing the Rackets

1938•1h 9m•6.7/10

DramaCrime

Ratings

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6.7/10(3)

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...

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Production

RKO Radio Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Chester Morris

Chester Morris

Jim "Socker" Conway

Frances Mercer

Frances Mercer

Susan 'Pat' Lane

Bruce Cabot

Bruce Cabot

Steve Lawrence

Rita Johnson

Rita Johnson

Leticia "Letty" Lane

Edward Pawley

Edward Pawley

Chin Martin

Joe De Stefani

Joe De Stefani

Franz

Donald Douglas

Donald Douglas

Harry Spaulding

Kay Sutton

Kay Sutton

Peggy

Ben Welden

Ben Welden

Whitey Clark

Paul Fix

Paul Fix

Maxie

Eddie Acuff

Eddie Acuff

Joe - Hoodlum

George Irving

George Irving

District Attorney Edward Greer

Scotty Beckett

Scotty Beckett

Otto, Franz's Son

Brooks Benedict

Brooks Benedict

Court Clerk

Stanley Blystone

Stanley Blystone

Policeman

Tom Chatterton

Tom Chatterton

Grand Juryman

Jimmy Conlin

Jimmy Conlin

Witness

Edith Craig

Edith Craig

Flo Fisher

Mike Donovan

Bailiff

Jimmie Dundee

Fuller - Henchman

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