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The Racket (1951)

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Movie Info

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 pocket. But Ryan can't touch the incorruptible police officer Robert Mitchum, who refuses all attempts at bribery. Ryan

R, 1 hr. 28 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: John Cromwell , Nicholas Ray

Written By: William Wister Haines, W.R. Burnett

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1951 Wide

On DVD: Apr 25, 1990

Cast

Robert Mitchum
Capt. Thomas McQuigg
Lizabeth Scott
Irene Hayes
Robert Ryan
Nick Scanlon
William Talman
Johnson
Ray Collins
Welch
Joyce Mackenzie
Mary McQuigg
Robert Hutton
Ames
Virginia Huston
Lucy Johnson
William Conrad
Turck
Walter Sande
Delaney
Les Tremayne
Harry Craig
Walter S. Baldwin
Sullivan
Brett King
Joe Scanlon
Tito Vuolo
Tony
Iris Adrian
Sadie
Eric Alden
Sergeant
Don Beddoe
Mitchell
Robert Bice
Matthew Boulton
Simpson
Barry Brooks
Cameron
Howland Chamberlain
Higgins
John Day
Menig
Donald Dillaway
Harris
Pat Flaherty
Clerk
Jack Gargan
Lewis
Dick Gordon
Man
Richard Karlan
Enright
Hazel Keener
Secretary
Harry Lauter
Police Officer Mosley
Ralph Montgomery
Man
Al Murphy
Newsboy
Eddie Parker
Thug
Ralph Peters
Davis
Don Porter
Connolly
Joey Ray
Reporter
Richard Reeves
Leo
Steve Roberts
Schmidt
George Sherwood
Douglas
Milburn Stone
Foster
Herb Vigran
Headwaiter
Max Wagner
Durko
Bud Wolfe
Detective
Jack Shea
Sergeant
Dulce Daye
Art Dupuis
Policeman
Jane Easton
Operator
Richard H. Gordon
Howard Joslin
Sgt. Werker
Michael Lally
Sergeant
Allen Mathews
Man
Sally Yarnell
Operator
Bret Hamilton
Ronald Lee
Elevator Boy
Harriet Matthews
Librarian
Miles Shepard
Duke Taylor
Policeman

Critic Reviews for The Racket

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As for the film's observations on crooks and poltics, they are so generalized and familiar that this is just a case of one more time around.

March 25, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

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[A] hard-hitting melodrama.

October 23, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

Softer than it should have been, then, but still dark enough to lose yourself in.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

A typical gangster film.

September 4, 2001 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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I can't remember this movie very well, it didn't make a big impression on me, it's another cop drama. It's okay, not bad, but not good either.

September 5, 2010

AJ Verser

Super Reviewer

Ryan and Mitchum are pretty good as rivals in this cops and gangster film, but the dialog is really the star here

May 5, 2007

Ken Stachnik

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