Film

Smashing the Rackets

1938 · 1h 9m · Drama · Crime

IMDb

6.0

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...

Chester Morris

Jim "Socker" Conway

Frances Mercer

Susan 'Pat' Lane

Bruce Cabot

Steve Lawrence

Rita Johnson

Leticia "Letty" Lane

Edward Pawley

Chin Martin

Joe De Stefani

Franz

Donald Douglas

Harry Spaulding

Kay Sutton

Peggy

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

Stanley Blystone

Policeman

Tom Chatterton

Grand Juryman

• Lew LandersDirector
• Forrest DavisWriter
• Lionel HouserWriter
• Nicholas MusuracaDirector of Photography

Release date

August 8, 1938

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 9m

Rated

NR

Genres

Drama, Crime

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