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Smashing the Rackets

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...

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Smashing the Rackets Cast

Name Character
Rita Johnson She was 24, 52 years old when she died as Leticia "Letty" Lane
Byron Foulger He was 38, 70 years old when he died as Alverson - Chemist
Walter Sande He was 32, 65 years old when he died as Hospital Interne
Kenneth Harlan He was 43, 71 years old when he died as Angry Businessman
Paul Fix He was 37, 82 years old when he died as Maxie
Jimmy Conlin He was 53, 77 years old when he died as Witness
Edmund Mortimer He was 63, 69 years old when he died as Angry Businessman
Bud Geary He was 40, 48 years old when he died as Detective
Donald Douglas He was 5, 12 years old when he died as Harry Spaulding
Cecil Kellaway He was 44, 79 years old when he died as Barrett
Chester Morris He was 37, 69 years old when he died as Jim "Socker" Conway
Edward Pawley He was 37, 86 years old when he died as Chin Martin
Rita La Roy She was 36, 91 years old when she died as Reluctant Witness
Gayne Whitman He was 48, 68 years old when he died as News Broadcaster
Stanley Blystone He was 44, 61 years old when he died as Policeman
Jimmie Dundee He was 37, 52 years old when he died as Fuller - Henchman
George Meeker He was 34, 80 years old when he died as District Attorney Aide
Edward LeSaint He was 67, 69 years old when he died as Judge #2
Tom Chatterton He was 57, 71 years old when he died as Grand Juryman
Bruce Cabot He was 34, 68 years old when he died as Steve Lawrence
Theodore von Eltz He was 44, 70 years old when he died as Howard Ellis
Charles Trowbridge He was 56, 85 years old when he died as Grand Juryman
Horace Murphy He was 58, 94 years old when he died as Doorman
Al Ferguson He was 50, 83 years old when he died as Detective
Eddie Acuff He was 35, 53 years old when he died as Joe - Hoodlum
Ben Welden He was 37, 96 years old when he died as Whitey Clark
Brooks Benedict He was 42, 71 years old when he died as Court Clerk
Pierre Watkin He was 48, 70 years old when he died as John Nelson Davis
George Lloyd He was 45, 74 years old when he died as Big Mike Leonard
Frances Mercer She was 22, 85 years old when she died as Susan 'Pat' Lane
Mike Lally He was 50, now 136 years old as 2nd Protection Racket Thug
Leo White He was 55, 65 years old when he died as Juror
Mary MacLaren She was 42, 89 years old when she died as Nurse
George Hackathorne He was 42, 44 years old when he died as Detective
Max Hoffman, Jr. He was 35, 42 years old when he died as 1st Protection Racket Thug
Joe De Stefani as Franz
Eddie Hart He was 10, now 74 years old as Ed Dooley
Libby Taylor as Duchess
Scotty Beckett He was 8, 38 years old when he died as Otto, Franz's Son
Walter Miller He was 46, 48 years old when he died as Mac
George Irving He was 63, 86 years old when he died as District Attorney Edward Greer
Frank M. Thomas He was 49, 100 years old when he died as Judge Wend
Tom London He was 48, 74 years old when he died as Dixon - Detective
Howard C. Hickman He was 58, 69 years old when he died as James J. Carew
Robert Frazer He was 47, 53 years old when he died as Weather Man
Rollo Lloyd He was 55, 55 years old when he died as Sam Schwartz - Butcher
C. Montague Shaw He was 56, 85 years old when he died as Grand Juryman
Al Hill He was 46, 62 years old when he died as Strong Arm Man
Kay Sutton She was 23, 72 years old when she died as Peggy

Smashing the Rackets Crew

Name Department
Nicholas Musuraca as Director of Photography. He was 45 (82) years old when He died Camera
Lew Landers as Director. He was 37 (61) years old when He died Directing
Lionel Houser as Writer. He was 30 (41) years old when He died Writing
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Smashing the Rackets (85 years)

  • Release day: Monday, August 08, 1938
  • Runtime: 69 minutes