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The Racket
Overview
A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.
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Cast
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
John Darrow
Cub Reporter Dave Ames
Lucien Prival
Chick
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