Smashing the Rackets

Name: Smashing the Rackets
Director: Lew Landers
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1938-08-08
Duration: 69 min
Cast: Chester Morris, Frances Mercer, Bruce Cabot, Rita Johnson, Edward Pawley

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1938 · 69 min · NR · Drama · Crime · TMDB 6.7/10

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...

Directed by Lew Landers

Cast

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