The Racket (1928)

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6.9	IMDB rating

Directed by

Lewis Milestone

Starring (View all)

Thomas Meighan

Captain McQuigg

Louis Wolheim

Nick Scarsi

Marie Prevost

Helen Hayes

G. Pat Collins

Johnson

Henry Sedley

Spike

George E. Stone

Joe Scarsi

Sam De Grasse

Welch

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Miller

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Bartlett Cormack

Del Andrews

(scenario)

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Description: In defiance of a warning, a bootleg gang transports liquor and is stopped by the police. Through the intervention of a powerful politician who wants the votes controlled by the gang, Nick Scarsi, the leader, is freed. Later, Scarsi is caught murdering a patrolman. McQuigg, a police captain with a long-standing grudge against Scarsi, c ... (more)

Release date : 1 November 1928

Gangster (3), Crime (3), Silent (3), Film Noir (3), 1928 (3), Mob (2), Drunkenness (2), Gang (2), Election (2), Reporter (2), Journalist (2), Chicago (2), Car (2), Accident (2), Criminal (2), Automobile (2), Bribe (2), Singer (2), Liquor (1), Gunfire (1)

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