Parole Racket

Parole Racket

62 mins | Crime, Romance | March 11, 1937

Following a long investigation, Police Detective-Lieutenant Anthony "Tony" Roberts becomes convinced that there is some powerful unknown-master-mind leader behind the gangs of crooks who are terrorizing the city, and it has something to do with paroled convicts. He sets up a scheme with his supervisor to have himself shamed by being demoted to a patrolman and then caught in the act of receiving bribe-money from a racketeer. He is convicted and sent to prison, and the manner in which his parole is arranged leads him, dangerously, to the secret-head of the gang.

Parole Racket

62 mins | Crime, Romance | March 11, 1937

Parole Racket
Following a long investigation, Police Detective-Lieutenant Anthony "Tony" Roberts becomes convinced that there is some powerful unknown-master-mind leader behind the gangs of crooks who are terrorizing the city, and it has something to do with paroled convicts. He sets up a scheme with his supervisor to have himself shamed by being demoted to a patrolman and then caught in the act of receiving bribe-money from a racketeer. He is convicted and sent to prison, and the manner in which his parole is arranged leads him, dangerously, to the secret-head of the gang.
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Parole Racket
Directors Charles C. Coleman
Writers Owen Francis, Harold Shumate

Cast

Paul Kelly

as Lt. Anthony Roberts

Rosalind Keith

as Betty Wilson

Francis McDonald

as Nat Beldon

John Graham Spacey

as Jack Delevan

Leona Maricle

as Anna

Thurston Hall

as Editor Jamison

Raymond Brown

as Police Chief Daniel McArthur

Robert Terry

as Judson

C. Montague Shaw

as Grayson

Al Hill

as Dapper Dunning