The Racket (1951)

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88 min - Crime | Film-Noir | Drama - 12 December 1951 (USA)

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Robert Mitchum	...	Captain Thomas McQuigg
	Lizabeth Scott	...	Irene Hayes
	Robert Ryan	...	Nick Scanlon
	William Talman	...	Officer Bob Johnson
	Ray Collins	...	Dist. Atty. Mortimer X. Welsh
	Joyce Mackenzie	...	Mary McQuigg (as Joyce MacKenzie)
	Robert Hutton	...	Dave Ames
	Virginia Huston	...	Lucy Johnson
	William Conrad	...	Det. Sgt. Turk
	Walter Sande	...	Precinct Sgt. Jim Delaney
	Les Tremayne	...	Harry Craig (Crime Commission chief investigator)
	Don Porter	...	R.G. Connolly
	Walter Baldwin	...	Booking Sgt. Sullivan
	Brett King	...	Joe Scanlon
	Richard Karlan	...	Breeze Enright

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The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. There are only two problems: First, Nick is the violent type, preferring to do things the old-fashioned way instead of using the syndicate's more genteel methods. The second problem is McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson. Together, they take on the violent Nick and try to foil the syndicate's plans to elect Welch, the crooked prosecutor running for a crooked judgeship. Written by Martin Lewison <lewison+@pitt.edu>

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YOU'LL LEARN WHO PAYS OFF WHO -- AND WHY! (original print ad - all caps) See more »

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Crime | Film-Noir | Drama

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 December 1951 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Das Syndikat See more »

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RKO Radio Pictures See more »

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Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

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Trivia

The film's director John Cromwell was in the Broadway play "The Racket" which opened on November 27, 1927. He starred as McQuigg, the role played in the film by Robert Mitchum. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: Nick Scanlon's car is a 1949 Chrysler Crown Imperial limo. In the crash scene, an older 1942 model was used. The '49 side trim has been added, but the different front end reveals the switch. See more »

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Referenced in "Smallville: Noir (#6.20)" (2007) See more »

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"A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening"
Music by Jimmy McHugh
Lyrics by Harold Adamson
Performed by Lizabeth Scott (dubbed) See more »

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