The Racket
“The Racket boldly begins where the Senate crime committee left off!”
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.
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Cast
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Robert Mitchum
Thomas McQuigg
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
Out of the Past
Lizabeth Scott
Irene Hayes
Known for
Too Late for Tears
Dead Reckoning
Robert Ryan
Nick Scanlon
Known for
The Wild Bunch
Bad Day at Black Rock
William Talman
Johnson
Known for
Perry Mason
The Hitch-Hiker
Ray Collins
Mortimer Welsh
Known for
Citizen Kane
Perry Mason
Joyce Mackenzie
Mary McQuigg
Known for
Broken Arrow
Deadline - U.S.A.
Robert Hutton
Dave Ames
Known for
The Steel Helmet
They Came from Beyond Space
Virginia Huston
Lucy Johnson
Known for
Out of the Past
Sudden Fear
William Conrad
Turk
Known for
Jake and the Fatman
Police Squad!
Walter Sande
Jim Delaney
Known for
To Have and Have Not
Bad Day at Black Rock
Les Tremayne
Harry Craig
Known for
North by Northwest
The War of the Worlds
Don Porter
R. G. Connolly
Known for
She-Wolf of London
The Candidate
John Cromwell Director · W.R. Burnett Screenplay William Wister Haines Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1.8M · United States release October 25, 1951 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,750,000
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 25, 1951
Limited theatrical · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States
November 9, 1951 · Limited theatrical · Los Angeles, California
December 12, 1951 · Theatrical
Germany
July 31, 1953 · Theatrical
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