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Smashing the Rackets
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Smashing the Rackets

1938
Directed byLew Landers
1h 9m

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...

CAST
Chester MorrisJim "Socker" ConwayFrances MercerSusan 'Pat' Lane
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Bruce Cabot
Steve Lawrence
Rita JohnsonLeticia "Letty" Lane
Edward PawleyChin Martin
Joe De StefaniFranz
Donald DouglasHarry Spaulding
Kay SuttonPeggy
Ben WeldenWhitey Clark
Paul FixMaxie
DETAILS
GENRES
DramaCrime
STATUSReleased
RATING
5.5

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