Smashing the Rackets 86 years old

Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office. Meanwhile, he meets wild debutante Letty Lane, girlfriend of mob mouthpiece Steve Lawrence; and Letty's much nicer sister Susan. Now the slot machine gang brutally beats Jim's friends Franz and Otto. And Jim finds a way to use his nominal position to go into the racket- busting business. But his success puts Letty in deadly peril...

Credits

Rita Johnson as Leticia "Letty" Lane

Byron Foulger as Alverson - Chemist

Walter Sande as Hospital Interne

Kenneth Harlan as Angry Businessman

Paul Fix as Maxie

Jimmy Conlin as Witness

Smashing the Rackets Cast

Name	Character
Rita Johnson She was 24, 52 years old when she died	as Leticia "Letty" Lane
Byron Foulger He was 38, 70 years old when he died	as Alverson - Chemist
Walter Sande He was 32, 65 years old when he died	as Hospital Interne
Kenneth Harlan He was 43, 71 years old when he died	as Angry Businessman
Paul Fix He was 37, 82 years old when he died	as Maxie
Jimmy Conlin He was 53, 77 years old when he died	as Witness
Edmund Mortimer He was 63, 69 years old when he died	as Angry Businessman
Bud Geary He was 40, 48 years old when he died	as Detective
Donald Douglas He was 5, 12 years old when he died	as Harry Spaulding
Cecil Kellaway He was 44, 79 years old when he died	as Barrett
Edward Pawley He was 37, 86 years old when he died	as Chin Martin
Chester Morris He was 37, 69 years old when he died	as Jim "Socker" Conway
Rita La Roy She was 36, 91 years old when she died	as Reluctant Witness
Gayne Whitman He was 48, 68 years old when he died	as News Broadcaster
Stanley Blystone He was 44, 61 years old when he died	as Policeman
Jimmie Dundee He was 37, 52 years old when he died	as Fuller - Henchman
George Meeker He was 34, 80 years old when he died	as District Attorney Aide
Edward LeSaint He was 67, 69 years old when he died	as Judge #2
Tom Chatterton He was 57, 71 years old when he died	as Grand Juryman
Bruce Cabot He was 34, 68 years old when he died	as Steve Lawrence
Theodore von Eltz He was 44, 70 years old when he died	as Howard Ellis
Charles Trowbridge He was 56, 85 years old when he died	as Grand Juryman
Horace Murphy He was 58, 94 years old when he died	as Doorman
Al Ferguson He was 50, 83 years old when he died	as Detective
Eddie Acuff He was 35, 53 years old when he died	as Joe - Hoodlum
Brooks Benedict He was 42, 71 years old when he died	as Court Clerk
Ben Welden He was 37, 96 years old when he died	as Whitey Clark
Pierre Watkin He was 48, 70 years old when he died	as John Nelson Davis
George Lloyd He was 45, 74 years old when he died	as Big Mike Leonard
Frances Mercer She was 22, 85 years old when she died	as Susan 'Pat' Lane
Mike Lally He was 50, now 136 years old	as 2nd Protection Racket Thug
Leo White He was 55, 65 years old when he died	as Juror
Mary MacLaren She was 42, 89 years old when she died	as Nurse
Kay Sutton She was 23, 72 years old when she died	as Peggy
Rollo Lloyd He was 55, 55 years old when he died	as Sam Schwartz - Butcher
George Irving He was 63, 86 years old when he died	as District Attorney Edward Greer
Howard C. Hickman He was 58, 69 years old when he died	as James J. Carew
Al Hill He was 46, 62 years old when he died	as Strong Arm Man
George Hackathorne He was 42, 44 years old when he died	as Detective
C. Montague Shaw He was 56, 85 years old when he died	as Grand Juryman
Scotty Beckett He was 8, 38 years old when he died	as Otto, Franz's Son
Max Hoffman, Jr. He was 35, 42 years old when he died	as 1st Protection Racket Thug
Joe De Stefani	as Franz
Eddie Hart He was 10, now 75 years old	as Ed Dooley
Libby Taylor	as Duchess
Walter Miller He was 46, 48 years old when he died	as Mac
Frank M. Thomas He was 49, 100 years old when he died	as Judge Wend
Tom London He was 48, 74 years old when he died	as Dixon - Detective
Robert Frazer He was 47, 53 years old when he died	as Weather Man

Smashing the Rackets Crew

Name	Department
Nicholas Musuraca as Director of Photography. He was 45 (82) years old when He died	Camera
Lew Landers as Director. He was 37 (61) years old when He died	Directing
Lionel Houser as Writer. He was 30 (41) years old when He died	Writing

Smashing the Rackets (86 years)

Release day: Monday, August 08, 1938
Runtime: 69 minutes