Overview

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 Morris, Frances Mercer, Bruce Cabot, Rita Johnson, Edward Pawley, Joe De Stefani, Donald Douglas, Kay Sutton

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What is "Smashing the Rackets" about?

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...

When was "Smashing the Rackets" released?

Smashing the Rackets was released in 1938.

Who stars in "Smashing the Rackets"?

The cast includes Chester Morris, Frances Mercer, Bruce Cabot, Rita Johnson.