The Blonde Pick-Up (1951)
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Scalli is a gangster who manages women wrestlers as a front for his bookmaking, drug, and prostitution rackets. He trusts the wrong people and ends up trying to run away from both the police and mysterious mob boss Mr. Big, to whom he owes $35,000.
- Date of release
- 1951-03-05
- TMDB
- 2.7 / 10 (31)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Robert C. Dertano
Casting
- Timothy Farrell — Umberto Scalli
- Peaches Page — 'Peaches' Page
- Clara Mortensen — Clara Mortensen, World Champion
- Rita Martínez — Rita Martinez, Champion of Mexico
- Muriel Gardner — Ruby McKenzie
- Don Ferrara — Joe the Jockey
- Matt Douglas — Ronnie, a Mobster
- Paul Merton — Monk, the Book-keeper
- Bruce Spencer — Eddie, a Gangster
- Tony Zarro — Lefty, a Mobster
- Mary Jean Walker — Jackie, a Bookie
- William Lamont — Senate Investigator
Interesting facts
Racket Girls is an American film noir crime film, directed by Robert C. Dertano and released in 1951 by Screen Classics.
Production
The film was produced by George Weiss and Arena Productions, a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-based company headed by Norman Felton.
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