Smashing the Rackets (1938)
Drama
Crime
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office. Meanwhile, he meets wild debutante Letty Lane, girlfriend of mob mouthpiece Steve Lawrence; and Letty's much nicer sister Susan. Now the slot machine gang brutally beats Jim's friends Franz and Otto. And Jim finds a way to use his nominal position to go into the racket- busting business. But his success puts Letty in deadly peril...
Cast
Jim "Socker" Conway
Susan 'Pat' Lane
Joe - Hoodlum
District Attorney Edward Greer
Otto, Franz's Son
Court Clerk
Policeman
Grand Juryman
Witness
Flo Fisher
Bailiff
Fuller - Henchman
Steve Lawrence
Detective
Alverson - Chemist
Weather Man
Detective
Detective
Angry Businessman
Ed Dooley
James J. Carew
Strong Arm Man
1st Protection Racket Thug
Leticia "Letty" Lane
Barrett
Reluctant Witness
2nd Protection Racket Thug
Judge #2
Assistant Attorney
Big Mike Leonard
Sam Schwartz - Butcher
Dixon - Detective
Nurse
District Attorney Aide
Chin Martin
Smokey - Henchman
Mac
Angry Businessman
Doorman
Detective
Hospital Interne
Grand Juryman
Duchess
Judge Wend
Grand Juryman
Franz
Howard Ellis
Dry Cleaner
John Nelson Davis
Juror
News Broadcaster
Harry Spaulding
Peggy
Whitey Clark
Maxie
Crew
Director
Writer
Writer
Director of Photography
