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The Racket (1951)
Director: John Cromwell
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
The omens were good. Howard Hughes had produced the silent version of The Racket that sparked Hollywood's gangster cycle. John Cromwell had won his first movie chance with his performance in a Broadway revival of the original play. Mitchum plus Ryan looked a fail-safe powerhouse confrontation. But...Hughes' RKO was slowly running down; Cromwell was under greylist pressure from HUAC; and Mitchum got himself cast as a cop - representing goddam Society, no less! Softer than it should have been, then, but still dark enough to lose yourself in.Author: PT
Cast & crew
Director: John Cromwell
Producer: Edmund Grainger
Cast: Robert Ryan, Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, William Talman, Ray Collins, Joyce MacKenzie, Robert Hutton, Virginia Huston, William Conrad full cast
Genre(s): Gangsters
Duration: 89 mins
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