The Racketeer (1929)
DOUBLE-CROSSING MEN...DOUBLE-DEALING WOMEN...THRILLS AND SUSPENSE!
A dapper gangster sponsors an alcoholic violinist in order to win the love of a glamorous divorced socialite.
- Date of release
- 1929-11-09
- TMDB
- 5.1 / 10 (14)
- Runtime
- 1h 6m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Howard Higgin
Casting
- Robert Armstrong — Mahlon Keane
- Carole Lombard — Rhoda Philbrooke
- Roland Drew — Tony Vaughan
- Paul Hurst — Mehaffy - Policeman
- Kit Guard — Gus
- Al Hill — Squid
- Bobby Dunn — The Rat
- Budd Fine — Bernie Weber
- Hedda Hopper — Mrs. Lee
- Jeanette Loff — Millie Chapman
- John Loder — Jack Oakhurst
- Winter Hall — Mr. Chapman
Interesting facts
The Racketeer is a 1929 American Pre-Code drama film. Directed by Howard Higgin, the film is also known as Love's Conquest in the United Kingdom. It tells the tale of some members of the criminal class in 1920s America, and in particular one man and one woman's attempts to help him. Gossip columnist Hedda Hopper appears in a minor role. The film is one of the early talkies, and as a result, dialogue is very sparse.
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