The Racket (1951 film)

The Racket is a 1951 is a blackandwhite film noir drama directed by John Cromwell with uncredited directing help from Nicholas Ray, Tay Garnett, Sherman Todd and Mel Ferrer. The production features Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, William Conrad and Ray Collins.

The plot is very close to the original play and 1928 movie. Racketeer and mobster Nick Scanlon Ryan has managed to buy several of the local government and lawenforcement officials of a large midwestern American city. However, he cant seem to touch the incorruptible police captain Tom McQuigg Mitchum, who refuses all attempts at bribery. The citys prosecuting attorney, Welch Collins, and a police detective, Turk Conrad, are crooked and make McQuiggs job as an honest officer nearly impossible.McQuigg persuades a sexy nightclub singer Scott to testify against Scanlon, which makes her marked for death from the mob. McQuigg not only wants to nail Scanlon, but also stop all the mob corruption in the city without getting himself or his witness killed. A bomb explodes near McQuiggs home, frightening his wife, Mary. ........

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