The Racket
Summary:
The Racket was based on a play by Bartlett Cormack, first filmed as a silent in 1928. The storyline was updated to include references to Estes Kefauver's Senate Crime Investigating Committee: otherwise, the plot (and much of the dialogue) was lifted bodily from the Cormack play. Racketeer Robert Ryan has managed to get several government and law-enforcement higher-ups in his ... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Robert Mitchum - (Capt. Thomas McQuigg)
Lizabeth Scott - (Irene Hayes)
Robert Ryan - (Nick Scanlon)
William Talman - (Johnson)
Ray Collins - (Welch)
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Review:
Although it misses being as good a film as it should have been (likely due to interference from studio boss Howard Hughes), the 1951 remake of The Racket still provides pretty good entertainment. Credit its stars for the majority of that entertainment value. Robert Mitchum and Robert Ryan turn in enthralling performances, the former usi... Continue >>
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