The Racket (1951)
6.3|25 Oct, 1951|88 min
The Racket boldly begins where the Senate crime committee left off!
6.3|25 Oct, 1951|88 min
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The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.
Keywords
corruption
election campaign
cop-killer
gangster
police chief
based on play or musical
remake
film noir
police station
mob boss
mob hit
terrorist bombing
political corruption
crime syndicate
mob
subpoena
witness intimidation
systemic corruption
corrupt police officials
corrupt legal system
corrupt district attorney
mob corruption
Casts
Robert Mitchum
Captain Thomas McQuigg
Lizabeth Scott
Irene Hayes
Robert Ryan
Nick Scanlon
William Talman
Officer Bob Johnson
Ray Collins
D. A. Mortimer X. Welsh
Joyce Mackenzie
Mary McQuigg
Robert Hutton
Dave Ames
Virginia Huston
Lucy Johnson
William Conrad
Det. Sgt. Turk
Walter Sande
Sgt. Jim Delaney
Les Tremayne
Harry Craig
Don Porter
R. G. Connolly
Walter Baldwin
Sgt. Sullivan
Brett King
Joe Scanlon
Richard Karlan
Breeze Enright
Tito Vuolo
Tony
Eric Alden
Sergeant (uncredited)
Gregg Barton
Rookie Cop (uncredited)
Don Beddoe
Mitchell (uncredited)
Robert Bice
Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
Matthew Boulton
Simpson (uncredited)
Barry Brooks
Cameron (uncredited)
Howland Chamberlain
Roy Higgins (uncredited)
John Daheim
Mannick (uncredited)
Don Dillaway
Harris (uncredited)
Art Dupuis
Police Car Driver (uncredited)
Jane Easton
Operator (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Car 43 Policeman (uncredited)
William Forrest
Head of Crime Commission (uncredited)
Jack Gargan
Lewis (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Bret Hamilton
Reporter (uncredited)
Jayne Hazard
Girl (uncredited)
Howard Joslin
Sgt. Werker (uncredited)
Hazel Keener
Secretary (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Sergeant (uncredited)
Harry Lauter
Officer Mosley (uncredited)
Ronald Lee
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Herbert Lytton
Police Doctor (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Pedestrian with Morning Newspaper (uncredited)
Thomas Martin
Governor's Butler (uncredited)
Allen Mathews
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Harriet Matthews
Librarian (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Man Seated at Bar (uncredited)
John McGuire
Policeman in Locker Room (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Al Murphy
Newsboy (uncredited)
William J. O'Brien
Counterman / Short Order Cook (uncredited)
Eddie Parker
Garage Roof Thug (uncredited)
Ralph Peters
Davis (uncredited)
Howard Petrie
The Governor (uncredited)
Joey Ray
Reporter (uncredited)
Walter Reed
Policeman at Roll Call & in Locker Room (uncredited)
Richard Reeves
Leo (uncredited)
Stephen Roberts
Schmidt (uncredited)
Jack Shea
Night Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Miles Shepard
Policeman (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
Pedestrian (uncredited)
George Sherwood
Douglas (uncredited)
Milburn Stone
Member of Craig's Team (uncredited)
Duke Taylor
Policeman (uncredited)
Herb Vigran
Paradise Club Manager (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Durko (uncredited)
Bud Wolfe
Detective with Johnson at the Paradise Club (uncredited)
Sally Yarnell
Police Operator (uncredited)
Crews
John Cromwell
Director
William Wister Haines
Screenplay
W.R. Burnett
Screenplay
Bartlett Cormack
Theatre Play
Edmund Grainger
Producer
Paul Sawtell
Original Music Composer
George E. Diskant
Director of Photography
Sherman Todd
Editor
Howard Hughes
Presenter
Alexander Kahle
Still Photographer
John Daheim
Stunts
Carey Loftin
Stunts
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Jack Okey
Art Direction
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
William Stevens
Set Decoration
Michael Woulfe
Costume Design
Mel Berns
Makeup Artist
Larry Germain
Hairstylist
Cliff P. Broughton
Production Supervisor
Arthur Siteman
Unit Production Manager
James E. Casey
Assistant Director
Frank McWhorter
Sound
Clem Portman
Sound
Backdrops & Posters
