Humphrey Bogart
John "Czar" Martin
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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 was released on July 16, 1938. According to the Hollywood Reporter the film's title was changed on its release in Paris to Threat Over the City so that the tennis fans would not think the film was about the sport. See also. 1938 New York City truckers strike; References
- July 16, 1938
- Samuel Bischoff
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Warner Bros. Title: Racket Busters. Summary: Manhattan gangster John "Czar" Martin enters the trucking business in an effort to control the produce market. When he catches popular trucker Danny Jordan robbing the gang's office to ... Directed by: Lloyd Bacon. Actors: Humphrey Bogart, George Brent, Gloria Dickson. Production Company: Warner Bros.
- 70 min
In contrast, the good guys, as embodied by Walter Abel (of whom the industry trade paper Variety noted the similarities with real-life racket buster Thomas E. Dewey), are stolid and authoritarian. The message seems to be crime never pays, but it's a lot more fun than being good.
- Lloyd Bacon, Dick Mayberry
- Humphrey Bogart
Racket Busters - (Original Trailer) Mobster Humphrey Bogart tries to take over the trucking business in Racket Busters (1938). Trending on TCM view all. TCM Emails.
Hugh Allison (Walter Abel) is a lawyer with a reputation for putting gangsters in jail. He is tasked with breaking up the city's trucking rackets, which are led by John "Czar" Martin (Humphrey Bogart). Martin's men use brutal attacks on truckers to force them into joining their ranks. Skeets Wilson (Allen Jenkins) and Denny Jordan (George Brent ...
Permalink. "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.
