18 Apr 1931
City Streets
A mobster's daughter leads her boyfriend from the circus into bootlegging.
The Racket
A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.
Top Billed Cast
Thomas Meighan Police Captain James McQuigg
Louis Wolheim Nick Scarsi
Marie Prevost Helen Hayes
G. Pat Collins Patrolman Johnson
Henry Sedley Spike Corcoran
George E. Stone Joe Scarsi
Sam De Grasse District Attorney Welch
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher Miller
John Darrow Cub Reporter Dave Ames
Lucien Prival Chick
Dan Wolheim Sergeant Turck
William H. O'Brien Detective Frisking Nick
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