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Smashing the Rackets (1938)

NR · 1938-08-08 · 1h 9m · EN
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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...

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Lew LandersDirectorLionel HouserWriterForrest DavisWriter

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Chester MorrisChester MorrisJim "Socker" ConwayFrances MercerFrances MercerSusan 'Pat' LaneBruce CabotBruce CabotSteve LawrenceRita JohnsonRita JohnsonLeticia "Letty" LaneEdward PawleyEdward PawleyChin MartinJoe De StefaniJoe De StefaniFranzDonald DouglasDonald DouglasHarry SpauldingKay SuttonKay SuttonPeggyBen WeldenBen WeldenWhitey ClarkPaul FixPaul FixMaxieEddie AcuffEddie AcuffJoe - HoodlumGeorge IrvingGeorge IrvingDistrict Attorney Edward Greer

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GangsterFbi

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Genre affinityDrama · CrimeTheme affinityGangster · FbiDialogue densityDramaPacingShortDirector preference304626Actor preference159710 · 304608 · 304609

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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...

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Smashing the Rackets has a runtime of 69 minutes.

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