
Rubber Racketeers (1942)
4.3|26 Jun, 1942|67 min
Deadlier than the public enemies... more ruthless than Murder, Inc... are these dealers in death who threaten the lives of millions!
4.3|26 Jun, 1942|67 min
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Racketeer Gillin is paroled from prison and immediately goes to work trying to make an illegal buck from America's war effort. With rationing in effect the black market tire business is booming. Gillen's mob sets up car lots around town where they peddle stolen tires and "new" tires milled in the gangster's factories from cheap faulty materials. People begin to die in crashes as the defective tires fail. Bill Barry leads his fellow defense plant workers on a crusade to uncover the source of the black market rubber and bring the guilty to justice. Although clearly intended to warn the public about black market tire smuggling, Rubber Racketeers holds it own as a saga of mobsters versus an irate public.
Keywords
uniform
trap
rubber
Casts

Ricardo Cortez
Gilin

Rochelle Hudson
Nikki

William Henry
Bill Barry (as Bill Henry)

Barbara Read
Mary Dale

John Abbott
Dumbo

Dick Rich
Mule

Dewey Robinson
Larkin

Sam Edwards
Freddy Dale

Kam Tong
Tom

Milburn Stone
Angel

Pat Gleason
Curley

Alex Callam
Butch

Alan Hale Jr.
Red

Dick Hogan
Bert

Marjorie Manners
Lila
Crews
Harold Young
Director
Henry Blankfort
Screenplay
Herman King
Assistant Director
Vin Taylor
Set Dresser
Jack Dennis
Editor
Maurice King
Producer

Arthur Gardner
Assistant Director

Mack V. Wright
Production Manager
Frank King
Associate Producer
Frank Dexter
Art Direction
L. William O'Connell
Director of Photography
David Chudnow
Music Director