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The Racket (1928 film)

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The Racket
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLewis Milestone
Written by
Based onThe Racket
1927 play
by Bartlett Cormack
Produced byHoward Hughes
Starring
CinematographyTony Gaudio
Edited byEddie Adams
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • November 1, 1928 (1928-11-01)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Racket is a 1928 American silent crime drama film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Thomas Meighan, Marie Prevost, Louis Wolheim, and George E. Stone. The film was produced by Howard Hughes, written by Bartlett Cormack and Tom Miranda, and was distributed by Paramount Pictures.[1] It was adapted from Cormack's 1927 Broadway play The Racket.[2]

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Plot

Chicago Police Department officer James "Mac" McQuigg tries to keep the peace in Chicago during the Prohibition gang wars but is hampered by massive corruption. After a shootout McQuigg manages to arrest mob boss Nick Scarsi's henchman Spike Corcoran, the political boss "The Old Man" arranges to have all charges dropped. After a birthday party for Nick Scarsi's younger brother Joe Scarsi ends in a shootout in which Nick Scarsi kills Corcoran, McQuigg arrests Nick Scarsi for murder but is forced to release him after being unable to find the murder weapon.

Although McQuigg vows to bring down Nick Scarsi, he gets transferred to "the sticks" of the 28th precinct. After Joe Scarsi is arrested for a hit-and-run accident, McQuigg convinces his girlfriend Helen Hayes to implicate him. Nick Scarsi arrives and shoots the witness Patrolman Johnson, and McQuigg arrests him again for murder. When Nick Scarsi's attorney arrives with a writ of habeas corpus to free him, McQuigg rips it up and imprisons him as well. Hayes falls in love with cub reporter Dave Ames, and tricks Nick Scarsi into confessing to keep him from killing Ames. With Nick Scarsi implicated in a crime, "The Old Man" and District Attorney Welch's political machine turn on Nick Scarsi in order to remain in power at the upcoming municipal election. They trick him into attempting to escape and trying to shoot McQuigg with an empty gun before killing him themselves.

Cast

Background

Due to the controversial portrayal of a corrupt police force and city government, both the film and the play were banned at the time in Chicago.[3] The main antagonist Nick Scarsi was modeled after Al Capone while "The Old Man" was modeled after Chicago Mayor William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson.[1]

Reception

The Racket poster

The Racket is one of the films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture (then called Outstanding Picture) in the 1929 Academy Awards.[4]

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 100 percent based on 6 critics, with an average rating of 7.50 out of 10.[5]

Variety wrote "A good story, plus good direction, plus a great cast and minus dumb supervision, is responsible for another great underworld film".[6]

Preservation

Only one copy of the film was known to exist.[7] It was long thought lost before being located in Howard Hughes' film collection after his death.[8] The Racket was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.[9] It airs occasionally on Turner Classic Movies.

Remake

The Howard Hughes-owned RKO studios remade The Racket in 1951 with Robert Mitchum and Robert Ryan in the lead roles.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Racket
  2. ^ The Racket play produced on Broadway at the Ambassador Theatre, November 1927-March 1928; IBDb.com
  3. ^ The Racket at Turner Classic Movies, by Brian Cady
  4. ^ "The 1st Academy Awards (1929) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  5. ^ "The Racket (1928)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  6. ^ "The Racket". Variety. December 31, 1927.
  7. ^ The Racket at silentera.com Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  8. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Racket Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  9. ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive. Retrieved October 14, 2021.

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