critiQs

Login Sign-up
The Racket

The Racket

#
Crime   Drama
📜 Overview: A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.
🌏 Languages Available: No Language
📆 Date Released: 1928-11-01
⌚ Running Time: 84 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.545

Beloved Cast

Thomas Meighan original image
Police Captain James McQuigg
Thomas Meighan
Louis Wolheim original image
Nick Scarsi
Louis Wolheim
Marie Prevost original image
Helen Hayes
Marie Prevost
G. Pat Collins original image
Patrolman Johnson
G. Pat Collins
Henry Sedley original image
Spike Corcoran
Henry Sedley
George E. Stone original image
Joe Scarsi
George E. Stone
Sam De Grasse original image
District Attorney Welch
Sam De Grasse
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher original image
Miller
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
John Darrow original image
Cub Reporter Dave Ames
John Darrow
Lucien Prival original image
Chick
Lucien Prival
Dan Wolheim original image
Sergeant Turck
Dan Wolheim
William H. O'Brien original image
Detective Frisking Nick
William H. O'Brien

Similar Movies

5.5
Movie Name : The Beilis Case
Release Date : 🕔 1917-04-24
Average Rating: 5.5
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Ukrainian silent courtroom drama about the trial on charges of Menachem Mendel Beilis in the ritual murder of 12-year-old Andrey …

5.0
Movie Name : The Magic Purse
Release Date : 🕔 1909-02-19
Average Rating: 5.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A young sailor dozes off in the grass in Frederiksberg Have and wakes up surrounded by supernatural fairylike creatures. They …

7.973
Movie Name : Pather Panchali
Release Date : 🕔 1955-08-26
Average Rating: 7.973
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in …

0.0
Movie Name : The Heart of a Siren
Release Date : 🕔 1925-03-15
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : This silent drama's story is based on the Broadway play Hail and Farewell by William Hurlbut.

7.8
Movie Name : The Last Laugh
Release Date : 🕔 1924-12-23
Average Rating: 7.8
Genres:
Duration :

overview : An aging doorman, after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel is forced to face the scorn …

7.7
Movie Name : Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Release Date : 🕔 1922-04-27
Average Rating: 7.7
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest scheme, a theft of information …

7.012
Movie Name : The Great Train Robbery
Release Date : 🕔 1903-12-07
Average Rating: 7.012
Genres:
Duration :

overview : After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, …

0.0
Movie Name : The Desperate Women
Release Date : 🕔 1955-01-01
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : The film is a cheesy but sincere plea for proper sex education--and against illegal abortion.

6.8
Movie Name : L'Âge d'or
Release Date : 🕔 1930-11-28
Average Rating: 6.8
Genres:
Duration :

overview : The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a …

0.0
Movie Name : The Victory of Love
Release Date : 🕔 1916-09-25
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Farm girl Olga Ström is seduced by the Hans Brandt, who soon abandons her, even though she carries their child.

5.0
Movie Name : Woman's World
Release Date : 🕔 1932-01-22
Average Rating: 5.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A young peasant woman decides to become a tractor driver.

5.7
Movie Name : Michael
Release Date : 🕔 1996-12-25
Average Rating: 5.7
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a woman claiming an …

6.0
Movie Name : Aelita: Queen of Mars
Release Date : 🕔 1924-09-24
Average Rating: 6.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A young man travels to Mars in a rocket ship, where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group …

7.2
Movie Name : Woman in the Moon
Release Date : 🕔 1929-10-14
Average Rating: 7.2
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A scientist discovers that there's gold on the moon. He builds a rocket to fly there, but there's too much …

6.5
Movie Name : The Cardinal
Release Date : 🕔 1963-12-12
Average Rating: 6.5
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office …

6.8
Movie Name : Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Release Date : 🕔 1920-03-18
Average Rating: 6.8
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A doctor's research into the roots of evil turns him into a hideous depraved fiend.

7.08
Movie Name : Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Release Date : 🕔 1916-09-04
Average Rating: 7.08
Genres:
Duration :

overview : The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of …

7.575
Movie Name : The Big Parade
Release Date : 🕔 1925-11-05
Average Rating: 7.575
Genres:
Duration :

overview : The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to …

Comments (0)