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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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The Racket: Directed by John Cromwell, Mel Ferrer, Tay Garnett, Edmund Grainger, Nicholas Ray, Sherman Todd. With Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, William Talman. In New York, two honest cops try to hinder a crime syndicate from moving into the precinct and also to prevent the mob's plan of electing a corrupt prosecutor to a judgeship.
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]
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.
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Overview. The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick. John Cromwell. Director. William Wister Haines. Screenplay. W.R. Burnett. Screenplay. Full Cast & Crew.
