The Racket (1951) - film review

John Cromwell, Mel Ferrer, Tay Garnett, Nicholas Ray, Sherman Todd

Crime / Film-Noir / Drama

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The Racket is an American crime film first released in 1951, directed by John Cromwell, Mel Ferrer, Tay Garnett, Nicholas Ray and Sherman Todd. The film stars Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, William Talman and Ray Collins. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: John Cromwell, Mel Ferrer, Tay Garnett, Nicholas Ray, Sherman Todd
Script: William Wister Haines, W.R. Burnett, Bartlett Cormack
Photo: George E. Diskant
Music: C. Bakaleinikoff, Paul Sawtell, Roy Webb
Cast: Robert Mitchum (Captain Thomas McQuigg), Lizabeth Scott (Irene Hayes), Robert Ryan (Nick Scanlon), William Talman (Officer Bob Johnson), Ray Collins (Dist. Atty. Mortimer X. Welsh), Joyce Mackenzie (Mary McQuigg), Robert Hutton (Dave Ames (’City Press’ cub reporter)), Virginia Huston (Lucy Johnson), William Conrad (Det. Sgt. Turk), Walter Sande (Precinct Sgt. Jim Delaney), Les Tremayne (Harry Craig (Crime Commission chief investigator)), Don Porter (R.G. Connolly (ward boss)), Walter Baldwin (Booking Sgt. Sullivan), Brett King (Joe Scanlon), Richard Karlan (Breeze Enright (round-faced Scanlon henchman)), Tito Vuolo (Tony, Nick’s Barber), Eric Alden (Sergeant), Gregg Barton (Rookie cop), Don Beddoe (Member of Craig’s office), Kate Belmont (Operator), Robert Bice (Police dispatcher), Matthew Boulton (Simpson (Nick’s butler)), Barry Brooks (Cameron), Howland Chamberlain (Roy Higgins (stool pigeon)), Claudia Constant (Girl), John Daheim (Mannick (young, dark-haired henchman)), Don Dillaway (Member of Craig’s team), Art Dupuis (Police Car Driver), June Easton (Operator), Pat Flaherty (Policeman, Car 43), William Forrest (Head of Crime Commission), Jack Gargan (Lewis), Dick Gordon (Man), Bret Hamilton (Reporter), Jayne Hazard (Girl), Curtis Jarrett (Policeman), Howard Joslin (Sgt. Werker), Hazel Keener (Secretary), Mike Lally (Sergeant), Harry Lauter (Officer Mosley), Ronald Lee (Elevator boy), Herbert Lytton (Police Doctor), Frank Marlowe (Pedestrian with morning newspaper), Allen Mathews (Man), Harriet Matthews (Librarian), John McGuire (Policeman in Locker Room), Ralph Montgomery (Man), Al Murphy (Newsboy), William J. O’Brien (Counterman), Eddie Parker (Garage Roof Thug), Ralph Peters (Davis (crooked bondsman)), Howard Petrie (The Governor), Joey Ray (Reporter), Walter Reed (Policeman at Roll Call in Locker Room), Richard Reeves (Hefty henchman), Stephen Roberts (Schmidt, Police Car Driver), Jack Shea (Sergeant), Miles Shepard (Policeman), Charles Sherlock (Pedestrian), George Sherwood (Douglas), Milburn Stone (Member of Craig’s team), Duke Taylor (Policeman), Herb Vigran (Paradise Club manager), Max Wagner (Durko (ugly henchman)), Bud Wolfe (Detective with Johnson at the Paradise Club), Sally Yarnell (Brunette police operator)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 88 min; B&W

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