The Racket (1928)
A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.
- Date of release
- 1928-11-01
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (44)
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Lewis Milestone
Casting
- 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
- Dan Wolheim — Sergeant Turck
- William H. O'Brien — Detective Frisking Nick
Interesting facts
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
The Racket is a 1928 American silent crime noir film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Thomas Meighan, Marie Prevost, Louis Wolheim, and George E. Stone. The film was produced by Howard Hughes, written by Bartlett Cormack and Tom Miranda, and was distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was adapted from Cormack's 1927 Broadway play The Racket.
Background
Due to the controversial portrayal of a corrupt police force and city government, both the film and the play were banned at the time in Chicago. The main antagonist Nick Scarsi was modeled after Al Capone while "The Old Man" was modeled after Chicago Mayor William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson.
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