The Racket (1928)

Directors

Lewis Milestone

Cast

Thomas Meighan, Louis Wolheim, Lucien Prival, Marie Prevost

The story

thumb|220px|left|Lobby card thumb|thumbtime=1|The Racket (full film) 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 between two gangs led by mob bosses Nick Scarsi and Spike Corcoran, McQuigg manages to arrest Scarsi's henchman Chick. Scarsi, upon hearing the news, contacts "The Old Man" in the Chicago Mayor's office, and Chick is released the same day with all charges dropped.

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