The Racket (1928)
- Directed by
- Lewis Milestone
- Genre
- drama film, silent film, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 43 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A tough police captain battles a corrupt political system and a powerful mobster in a city filled with crime. He navigates dangerous alliances and betrayals while trying to bring down the underworld boss.
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What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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