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The Racket is a 1951 black-and-white film noir drama directed by John Cromwell with uncredited directing help from Nicholas Ray, Tay Garnett, and Mel Ferrer. The production features Robert Mitchum , Lizabeth Scott , Robert Ryan , and William Conrad .
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Two honest cops try to stop a crime syndicate from taking over their precinct and electing a corrupt prosecutor in New York. The Racket is a remake of a silent film and a play, starring Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott and Robert Ryan.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- John Cromwell, Mel Ferrer, Tay Garnett
- 1951-12-12
The Racket is a 1928 American silent crime drama film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Thomas Meighan, Marie Prevost, Louis Wolheim, and George E. Stone. The film was produced by Howard Hughes, written by Bartlett Cormack and Tom Miranda, and was distributed by Paramount Pictures. [1]
The Racket (1951) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
In The Racket (1951), a pretty nifty cop picture co-starring Mitchum and Robert Ryan, Mitchum forever looks like he needs a big cup of black coffee. But he casually burns a hole in the screen. Mitchum, in a change of pace, plays an honest metropolitan cop whose criminal nemesis (Robert Ryan) is trying to gain control of the city government.
The Racket: Directed by Lewis Milestone. With Thomas Meighan, Louis Wolheim, Marie Prevost, G. Pat Collins. An honest police captain vows to bring down a powerful bootlegger who is protected by corrupt politicians and judges.
