Movie

Smashing the Rackets

★ 6.7/10 · 3 votes 1938 1h 9m Released

DramaCrime

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 Jim "Socker" Conway Frances Mercer Susan 'Pat' Lane Bruce Cabot Steve Lawrence Rita Johnson Leticia "Letty" Lane Edward Pawley Chin Martin Joe De Stefani Franz