Smashing the Rackets(1938)
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office. Meanwhile, he meets wild debutante Letty Lane, girlfriend of mob mouthpiece Steve Lawrence; and Letty's much nicer sister Susan. Now the slot machine gang brutally beats Jim's friends Franz and Otto. And Jim finds a way to use his nominal position to go into the racket- busting business. But his success puts Letty in deadly peril...
Movie: Smashing the Rackets
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jim "Socker" Conway
Susan 'Pat' Lane
Steve Lawrence
Leticia "Letty" Lane
Chin Martin
Franz
Harry Spaulding
Peggy
Whitey Clark
Maxie
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