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- Chicago Police Department officer James "Mac" McQuigg tries to keep the peace in Chicago during the Prohibition gang wars but is hampered by massive corruption.
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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 .
This film is a remake of the silent film The Racket (1928) which was directed by Lewis Milestone, starred Thomas Meighan and Louis Wolheim and was focused on the exploits of a bootlegger. The Racket (1951) was indirectly based on a play by Bartlett Cormack.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- John Cromwell, Mel Ferrer, Tay Garnett
- 1951-12-12
A remake of a 1928 silent film of the same name, and based on a stage play by Bartlett Cormack, John Cromwell’s The Racket features a noir-studded cast in a tale about one police captain fighting corruption in an unnamed midwestern city.
Location. Encino--RKO Ranch, California, United States; Los Angeles, California, United States; North Hollywood, California, United States. Screenplay Information. Based on the play The Racket by Bartlett Cormack (New York, 22 Nov 1927).
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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.
Full Cast & Crew. 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.
