The Racket (1928)

The Racket

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7.4	IMDB rating

Release date : 1 November 1928

Crime (1), Film Noir (1), Gangster (1), 1920s (1), Silent (1), 1928 (1)

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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, captures him an ... (more)

Directed by

Lewis Milestone

Lewis Milestone

Starring (View all) :

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

George E. Stone

Joe Scarsi

Sam De Grasse

District Attorney Harry Welch

Richard

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Reporter Miller

Lee Moran

Reporter Pratt

John Darrow

Cub Reporter Ames

Written by (View all) :

Bartlett Cormack

Bartlett Cormack

(play)

Del Andrews

(scenario)

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