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The Racket is a 1951 black-and-white film noir drama directed by John Cromwell with uncredited directing help from Nicholas Ray, Tay Garnett, and Mel Ferrer. The production features Robert Mitchum , Lizabeth Scott , Robert Ryan , and William Conrad .
With Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, William Talman. In New York, two honest cops try to hinder a crime syndicate from moving into the precinct and also to prevent the mob's plan of electing a corrupt prosecutor to a judgeship.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- John Cromwell, Mel Ferrer, Tay Garnett
Mitchum, in a change of pace, plays an honest metropolitan cop whose criminal nemesis (Robert Ryan) is trying to gain control of the city government. A district attorney (Ray Collins) and a police inspector (William Conrad) have already been corrupted by Ryan, and they don't take kindly to Mitchum's sense of honor.
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A remake of a 1928 silent film of the same name, and based on a stage play by Bartlett Cormack, John Cromwell’s The Racket features a noir-studded cast in a tale about one police captain fighting corruption in an unnamed midwestern city.
In New York, two honest cops try to hinder a crime syndicate from moving into the precinct and also to prevent the mob's plan of electing a corrupt prosecutor to a judgeship. The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon.
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The Racket. NEW. As one of the only honest cops left in the city, Capt. Thomas McQuigg (Robert Mitchum) has his back against the wall when a large crime syndicate makes its way to his doorstep.
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- Crime, Drama
