Parole Racket
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“At Last The Screen Dares To Blast America's Newest Menace Wide Open!”
Following a long investigation, Police Detective-Lieutenant Anthony "Tony" Roberts becomes convinced that there is some powerful unknown-master-mind leader behind the gangs of crooks who are terrorizing the city, and it has something to do with paroled convicts. He sets up a scheme with his supervisor to have himself shamed by being demoted to a patrolman and then caught in the act of receiving bribe-money from a racketeer. He is convicted and sent to prison, and the manner in which his parole is arranged leads him, dangerously, to the secret-head of the gang.
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Paul Kelly
Lt. Anthony Roberts
Known for
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The Roaring Twenties
Rosalind Keith
Betty Wilson
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Harold Shumate
Ralph Cohn
Charles C. Coleman
Francis McDonald
Nat Beldon
Known for
Morocco
Battling Butler
Wallace MacDonald
Known for
The Rounders
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Owen Francis
John Graham Spacey
Jack Delevan
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Leona Maricle
Anna
Known for
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Thurston Hall
Editor Jamison
Known for
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Gene Morgan
Mike 'Punchy' Woresky
Known for
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Charles C. Coleman Director · Harold Shumate Screenplay Owen Francis Screenplay
United States release March 11, 1937 · Produced in United States
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Distribution
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 11, 1937
Theatrical
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