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The Racket (1951)  link to The Racket on IMDb  

Number: 3181

poster The Racket

IMDb Rating:
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6.8/10 (2334 votes)

Country: USA, 88 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Thriller, Drama, Crime, Film-Noir

Director(s): John Cromwell, Mel Ferrer, Tay Garnett, Nicholas Ray, Sherman Todd

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
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.

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Cast:

photo Robert Mitchum Robert Mitchum Captain Thomas McQuigg
photo Lizabeth Scott Lizabeth Scott Irene Hayes
photo Robert Ryan Robert Ryan Nick Scanlon
photo William Talman William Talman Officer Bob Johnson
photo Ray Collins Ray Collins Dist. Atty. Mortimer X. Welsh

Medium: Unknown,

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3