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Smashing the Rackets

Genres
Drama
Crime
Rating
5.5
StatusReleased
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Release Date1938-08-08
Runtime69 mins

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...

Cast & Crew

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Chester Morris

as Jim "Socker" Conway

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Frances Mercer

as Susan 'Pat' Lane

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Bruce Cabot

as Steve Lawrence

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Rita Johnson

as Leticia "Letty" Lane

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Edward Pawley

as Chin Martin

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Joe De Stefani

as Franz

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Donald Douglas

as Harry Spaulding

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Kay Sutton

as Peggy

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Ben Welden

as Whitey Clark

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Paul Fix

as Maxie

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Eddie Acuff

as Joe - Hoodlum

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George Irving

as District Attorney Edward Greer

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Scotty Beckett

as Otto, Franz's Son

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Brooks Benedict

as Court Clerk

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Stanley Blystone

as Policeman

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Tom Chatterton

as Grand Juryman

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Jimmy Conlin

as Witness

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Edith Craig

as Flo Fisher

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Mike Donovan

as Bailiff

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Jimmie Dundee

as Fuller - Henchman

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Al Ferguson

as Detective

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Byron Foulger

as Alverson - Chemist

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Robert Frazer

as Weather Man

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Bud Geary

as Detective

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George Hackathorne

as Detective

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Kenneth Harlan

as Angry Businessman

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Eddie Hart

as Ed Dooley

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Howard Hickman

as James J. Carew

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Al Hill

as Strong Arm Man

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Max Hoffman Jr.

as 1st Protection Racket Thug

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Cecil Kellaway

as Barrett

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Rita La Roy

as Reluctant Witness

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Mike Lally

as 2nd Protection Racket Thug

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Edward LeSaint

as Judge #2

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Carl M. Leviness

as Assistant Attorney

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George Lloyd

as Big Mike Leonard

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Rollo Lloyd

as Sam Schwartz - Butcher

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Tom London

as Dixon - Detective

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Mary MacLaren

as Nurse

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George Meeker

as District Attorney Aide

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Victor Metzetti

as Smokey - Henchman

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Walter Miller

as Mac

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Edmund Mortimer

as Angry Businessman

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Horace Murphy

as Doorman

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Max Rose

as Detective

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Walter Sande

as Hospital Interne

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C. Montague Shaw

as Grand Juryman

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Libby Taylor

as Duchess

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Frank M. Thomas

as Judge Wend

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Charles Trowbridge

as Grand Juryman

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Theodore von Eltz

as Howard Ellis

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Solly Ward

as Dry Cleaner

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Pierre Watkin

as John Nelson Davis

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Leo White

as Juror

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Gayne Whitman

as News Broadcaster

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