Smashing the Rackets

Name: Smashing the Rackets
Genre: crime, drama
Released: 1938
Duration: 69 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Chester Morris, Frances Mercer, Bruce Cabot, Rita Johnson, Edward Pawley

Smashing the Rackets (1938) — crime, drama film. Directed by Lew Landers. Starring Chester Morris, Frances Mercer, Bruce Cabot, Rita Johnson. This page maps 10 characters and 14 relationships between them as an interactive character network.

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Story Analysis

A former boxing and FBI hero turns a politically imposed legal post into a campaign against a violent protection racket, while personal loyalties carry tragic costs.

Crime, Drama · 6.7/10 · 69 min · 1938

Credits

director

Lew Landers
writer

Forrest Davis
writer

Lionel Houser
actor

as Jim "Socker" Conway

Chester Morris
actor

as Susan 'Pat' Lane

Frances Mercer

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Plot analysis generated from content on Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Related entry on Wikidata (Q18154114), public domain (CC0).