Comedy · United States of America · 1932 · 1h 12m

Madame Racketeer

Director

Cast

Alison Skipworth as Countess von Claudwig / Martha Hicks Richard Bennett as Elmer Hicks George Raft as Jack Houston John Breeden as David Butterworth Evalyn Knapp as Alice Hicks Gertrude Messinger as Patsy Hicks

Crew

Harvey Gates — Writer Malcolm Stuart Boylan — Writer Harry Wagstaff Gribble — Producer

Synopsis

International con artist Martha Hicks a.k.a. Countess von Claudwig is released from another stay in prison and decides to treat her rheumatism with a stay at her estranged husband's hotel at a Wisconsin spa. There undercover, she checks in on the two daughters she abandoned as infants.

Mood & Themes

pre-code

Key Collaborators

Harry Wagstaff Gribble Director Alexander Hall Director Harvey Gates Writer Malcolm Stuart Boylan Writer Harry Wagstaff Gribble Producer

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