Smashing the Rackets (1938)

08/08/1938 (US) • 1h 9m

Drama, Crime

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...

Top Billed Cast

Chester Morris

Jim "Socker" Conway

Frances Mercer

Susan 'Pat' Lane

Bruce Cabot

Steve Lawrence

Rita Johnson

Leticia "Letty" Lane

Edward Pawley

Chin Martin

Donald Douglas

Harry Spaulding

Ben Welden

Whitey Clark


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

gangster

fbi

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