Smashing the Rackets (1938)
69 min
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office. Meanwhile, he meets wild debutante Letty Lane, girlfriend of mob mouthpiece Steve Lawrence; and Letty's much nicer sister Susan. Now the slot machine gang brutally beats Jim's friends Franz and Otto. And Jim finds a way to use his nominal position to go into the racket- busting business. But his success puts Letty in deadly peril...
- Release date
- August 8, 1938
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Chester Morris as Jim 'Sock' Conway
- Frances Mercer as Susan 'Pat' Lane
- Rita Johnson as Letty Lane
- Bruce Cabot as Steve Lawrence
- Edward Pawley as Chin Martin
- Joe De Stefani as Franz
- Donald Douglas as Harry Spaulding
- Kay Sutton as Peggy
- Ben Welden as Whitey Clark
- Paul Fix as Maxie
Crew
- Lew Landers · Director
- Forrest Davis · Writer
- Lionel Houser · Writer
- B.P. Fineman · Producer
- Nicholas Musuraca · Cinematographer
- Harry Marker · Editor