

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 …

