Smashing the Rackets

Smashing the Rackets

Release date : August 8, 1938
Runtime : 1h 9m
Countries of origin : United States of America /
Original Language : English /
Director : Lew Landers /
Production companies : RKO Radio Pictures /
August 8, 1938 1h 9m United States of America Drama English More
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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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Chester Morris
Jim "Socker" Conway
Frances Mercer
Susan 'Pat' Lane
Bruce Cabot
Steve Lawrence
Rita Johnson
Leticia "Letty" Lane
Edward Pawley
Chin Martin
Donald Douglas
Harry Spaulding
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
Tom Chatterton
Grand Juryman
Jimmy Conlin
Witness
Edith Craig
Flo Fisher

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  • title:Smashing the Rackets
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1938
  • Runtime:1h 9m
  • Genres: Drama · Crime ·
  • Countries of origin: United States of America ·
  • Original Language: English ·
  • Director: Lew Landers /
  • Writers: Forrest Davis · Lionel Houser ·
  • Production companies: RKO Radio Pictures ·
  • 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...
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