Nov 01, 1928
84 min
Full-HD

The Racket (1928)

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

Thomas Meighan

Police Captain James McQuigg

Louis Wolheim

Nick Scarsi

Marie Prevost

Helen Hayes

G. Pat Collins

Patrolman Johnson

Henry Sedley

Spike Corcoran

George E. Stone

Joe Scarsi

Sam De Grasse

District Attorney Welch

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Miller

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The Racket (1928)

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