The Racket Man

The Racket Man

65 mins | Drama, Crime | Jan. 18, 1944

A gangster is drafted into the Army and, soon realizing how wrong his life of crime has been, agrees to help the FBI break up a black market ring by pretending to have been kicked out of service and to have resumed his old life of crime.

The Racket Man

65 mins | Drama, Crime | Jan. 18, 1944

The Racket Man
A gangster is drafted into the Army and, soon realizing how wrong his life of crime has been, agrees to help the FBI break up a black market ring by pretending to have been kicked out of service and to have resumed his old life of crime.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title The Racket Man
Directors D. Ross Lederman
Writers Paul Yawitz, Howard J. Green, Casey Robinson

Cast

Tom Neal

as Matt Benson

Jeanne Bates

as Phyllis Lake

Hugh Beaumont

as Police Sgt. 'Irish' Duffy

Douglas Fowley

as Toby Sykes

Larry Parks

as Larry Lake

Clarence Muse

as George the Butler

Charles D. Brown

as Editor Clark

Warren Ashe

as Agent Burton

Anthony Caruso

as Cpl. Tony Ciccardi

Pauline Drake

as Mamie the Secretary

Mary Gordon

as Mom Benson

George Magrill

as George the Private

Joe Palma

as Bud the Private

Lewis Wilson

as Company Captain Anderson

Eddie Laughton

as Henchman Chuck

John Tyrrell

as Henchman Pinky Gordon

Pat O'Malley

as Postman

Kenneth MacDonald

as Draft Board Medical Officer

Edwin Stanley

as Death Scene Doctor

Chuck Hamilton

as Barracks Sgt. Johnson