Drama ·Crime · United States of America · 1938 · 1h 9m

Smashing the Rackets

Director

Cast

Chester Morris as Jim "Socker" Conway Frances Mercer as Susan 'Pat' Lane Bruce Cabot as Steve Lawrence Rita Johnson as Leticia "Letty" Lane Edward Pawley as Chin Martin Joe De Stefani as Franz

Crew

Nicholas Musuraca — Director of Photography Forrest Davis — Writer Lionel Houser — Writer

Synopsis

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...

Mood & Themes

gangster fbi

Key Collaborators

Lew Landers Director Nicholas Musuraca Director of Photography Forrest Davis Writer Lionel Houser Writer

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