Smashing the Rackets (1938)

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Country: USA
Genres: Crime, Drama
Release: 1938-08-19
Director: Lew Landers
Writers: Forrest Davis , Lionel Houser
Language: English
Stars: Chester Morris , Frances Mercer , Rita Johnson , Bruce Cabot , Edward Pawley , Joe De Stefani , Donald Douglas , Kay Sutton , Ben Welden , Paul Fix
Runtime: 69 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Gangsternes skrekk (Norway) , Smashing the Rackets (United Kingdom) , Smashing the Rackets , Ned med Gangsterne (Denmark) , Smashing the Rackets (United States of America) , Arrêt au crime (France, French Republic) , Vassalos do Crime (Brazil)
Plot: 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...
IMDB:tt0030765