- Country: USA
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Release: 1928-11-01
- Director: Lewis Milestone (1895–1980)
- Writers: Bartlett Cormack , Del Andrews , Tom Miranda , Harry Behn
- Language: None | English
- Stars: Thomas Meighan , Louis Wolheim (1880–1931) , Marie Prevost , G. Pat Collins (1895–1959)
- Runtime: 84 min
- Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total
- AKA: La horda (Argentina) , The Racket (United States of America) , La horda (Spain) , The Racket (United Kingdom) , Рекет , A Lei dos Fortes (Brazil) , A bűnbanda (Hungary) , 暴力団(1928) (Japan) , The Racket , A Lei dos Fortes (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Salakaubitsejate kuningas (Estonia) , Рекет (Serbia) , Banda (Poland) , Рекет (Ukraine) , Рэкет A bűnbanda, A Lei dos Fortes, Banda, La horda, Salakaubitsejate kuningas
- Plot: An honest police captain named McQuigg becomes a tough rival to a powerful bootlegger named Scarsi, even though McQuigg's pinches never stick because Scarsi and his organization control the corrupt politicians and judges. When Scarsi can't scare McQuigg off, he gets him transferred to a quiet police precinct in the suburbs, but McQuigg continues their war of words via a pair of wisecracking newspaper reporters. Then McQuigg catches a huge break when Scarsi's younger brother gets picked up for a hit and run accident in his precinct, putting in motion a complex plan to bring down the mobster using the reporters, a nightclub singing gold digger, the upcoming elections and Scari's own organization.
- IMDB:tt0019304
The Racket Cast · · · ALL
Lewis Milestone
(1895–1980)
Director
Thomas Meighan
Police Captain James McQuigg
Louis Wolheim
(1880–1931)
Nick Scarsi
Marie Prevost
Helen Hayes
G. Pat Collins
(1895–1959)
Patrolman Johnson
Henry Sedley
Spike Corcoran
George E. Stone
(I)
(1903–1967)
Joe Scarsi
Sam De Grasse
District Attorney Welch
Richard ‘Skeets’ Gallagher
Miller
John Darrow
Cub Reporter Dave Ames
Lucien Prival
Chick
Dan Wolheim
Sergeant Turck
William H. O’Brien
Detective Frisking Nick