The Racket

  • Crime
  • Drama
11/1/1928
84

Storyline

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

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Reviews

  • Geronimo1967

    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. Thanks to some well placed political and judicial influence, "Scarsi" stays free and clear - and he even manages to ensure his antagonist is relegated to a provincial beat where he can do no harm. Then luck takes an hand. "Joe" (George E. Stone) is the hoodlum's rather reckless younger brother and when he is picked up for a fatal hit...

    March 27, 2024

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