The Racket Man (1944)

7.7/10 • 65 min • Crime Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Tom Neal

Matt Benson

Jeanne Bates

Phyllis Lake

Hugh Beaumont

Police Sgt. 'Irish' Duffy

Douglas Fowley

Toby Sykes

Larry Parks

Larry Lake

Clarence Muse

George the Butler

Charles D. Brown

Editor Clark

Warren Ashe

Agent Burton

Anthony Caruso

Cpl. Tony Ciccardi

Mary Gordon

Mom Benson

George Magrill

George the Private

Lewis Wilson

Company Captain Anderson

Eddie Laughton

Henchman Chuck

John Tyrrell

Henchman Pinky Gordon

Pat O'Malley

Postman

Kenneth MacDonald

Draft Board Medical Officer

Edwin Stanley

Death Scene Doctor

Chuck Hamilton

Barracks Sgt. Johnson

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