The Racket
1951, Film, 88 min, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, English, United States, MoviePedia score 65
The Racket boldly begins where the Senate crime committee left off!
The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.
Directed by John Cromwell, Mel Ferrer, Tay Garnett, Edmund Grainger, Nicholas Ray, Sherman Todd
Cast
- Robert Mitchum as Captain Thomas McQuigg
- Lizabeth Scott as Irene Hayes
- Robert Ryan as Nick Scanlon
- William Talman as Officer Bob Johnson
- Ray Collins as D.A. Mortimer X. Welsh
- Joyce Mackenzie as Mary McQuigg
- Robert Hutton as Dave Ames
- Virginia Huston as Lucy Johnson
- William Conrad as Det. Sgt. Turk
- Walter Sande as Sgt. Jim Delaney
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