Racketeers in Exile

Racketeers in Exile

60 mins | Drama, Crime, Romance | March 30, 1937

In this gangster movie, a criminal king-pin and his gang hide out in his hometown where they witness a religious revival that inspires the man to begin billing himself as a "born-again" evangelist so he can cash in on the guilty consciences of local businessmen.

Racketeers in Exile

60 mins | Drama, Crime, Romance | March 30, 1937

Racketeers in Exile
In this gangster movie, a criminal king-pin and his gang hide out in his hometown where they witness a religious revival that inspires the man to begin billing himself as a "born-again" evangelist so he can cash in on the guilty consciences of local businessmen.
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Racketeers in Exile
Directors Erle C. Kenton
Writers Harry Sauber, Robert T. Shannon

Cast

George Bancroft

as William Waldo

Evelyn Venable

as Myrtle Thornton

Wynne Gibson

as 'Babe' DeVoe

Marc Lawrence

as 'Blackie' White

John Gallaudet

as 'Happy'

George McKay

as 'Horseface'

William Burgess

as Thornton

Helen Lowell

as Mrs.Abigail Thornton

Jack Rube Clifford

as Thyrus Jamison

Garry Owen

as Sy

Jonathan Hale

as Alden Parker

Richard Carle

as Regan Langdon aka 'Porky'