The Racket
Overview
A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.
- Production
- The Caddo Company, Paramount Pictures
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Cast
Thomas Meighan
Police Captain James McQuigg
Louis Wolheim
Nick Scarsi
Marie Prevost
Helen Hayes
G. Pat Collins
Patrolman Johnson
George E. Stone
Joe Scarsi
Sam De Grasse
District Attorney Welch
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Miller
John Darrow
Cub Reporter Dave Ames
Lucien Prival
Chick
William H. O'Brien
Detective Frisking Nick
Crew
- Director
- Lewis Milestone
- Writers
- Del Andrews
- Producers
- Howard Hughes
- Cinematography
- Tony Gaudio
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CinemaSerf
March 27, 2024
Louis Wolheim is superbly cast in this gangster drama as the nasty "Scarsi". He and his mobster pals rule the roost controlling the lucrative and illicit bootlegging and gambling businesses across the city. Those they can't bribe or coax they just blow away until, that is, the arrival of the almost Dickesnsianly named police captain "McQuigg" (Thomas Meighan). Initially it's the criminal who has the upper hand. Thanks to some well placed political and judicial influence, "Scarsi" stays free and …