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The Racket

6.5(44)19281h 24m1

A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

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  • bootlegger
  • reporter
  • silent film

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United States of America

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  • United StatesUS

    • Premiere30 Jun 1928
    • Theatrical1 Nov 1928

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The Racket was released on 1 November 1928.

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    CinemaSerf

    3/27/2024

    7/10

    Louis Wolheim is superbly cast in this gangster drama as the nasty "Scarsi". He and his mobster pals rule the roost controlling the lucrative and illicit bootlegging and gambling businesses across the city. Those they can't bribe or coax they just blow away until, that is, the arrival of the almost Dickesnsianly named police captain "McQuigg" (Thomas Meighan). Initially it's the criminal who has the upper hand. Thank…

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