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"Racket Busters" is a Warner Brothers period piece that zeroes in on racketeering in the food and trucking business of the 1930's. John "Czar" Martin (Humphrey Bogart) has his sights set on the entire industry, seeking tribute from everyone in the food chain through intimidation and bribery.
Racket Busters: Directed by Lloyd Bacon. With Humphrey Bogart, George Brent, Gloria Dickson, Allen Jenkins. Manhattan gangster John "Czar" Martin enters the trucking business in an effort to control the produce market.
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- Action, Adventure, Crime
- Lloyd Bacon
- 1938-07-16
Racket Busters. 1938. ★★★. Ripped directly from 1930s headlines, this crime-drama starring Humphrey Bogart as a protection racketeer of the food market is rather slow and dull for much of its short runtime.
- Lloyd Bacon
- Michael Shawn
Review by Michael Shawn ★★★. Ripped directly from 1930s headlines, this crime-drama starring Humphrey Bogart as a protection racketeer of the food market is rather slow and dull for much of its short runtime.
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- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Lloyd Bacon
1938. 1h 11m. Approved. Action/Adventure/Crime. Cast. Humphrey Bogart (John Martin) George Brent (Denny Jordan) Gloria Dickson (Nora Jordan) Allen Jenkins (Skeets Wilson) Walter Abel (Hugh Allison)...
Not Bogie, because he's the bad guy here, the man running the racket that an idealistic DA wants to bust. Bogie wants to rule New York, and so he figures if he controls the food supply, he'll have it made, and to control the food, he needs to get the truckers on his side.
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Hugh Allison, a lawyer with a reputation for putting gangsters in jail, is asked by the city to break up the trucking rackets. In response to his appointment, the racketeers, led by John Martin, crack down on the truckers, using brutal attacks to force them to join their organization.
