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Racket Busters

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New York City crime kingpin John Martin (Humphrey Bogart) and his men terrorize local truckers into working for them, but young, self-employed driver Denny Jordan (George Brent) manages to fend off the gangsters. Eventually, Martin's thugs bully Denny's pregnant wife and destroy his business, and the desperate trucker commits a robbery in order to make ends meet. But the mobsters know about the crime, so they blackmail Denny into joining the racket, and he finds himself mixed up in a murder.
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Ann Ross Maclean's Magazine 07/22/2019
Gangster-film fans won't find anything very new or startling about it. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D 03/14/2024 Bogart is effective and that is about it. See more ashley h @ashleyhobgood87 08/06/2020 Racket Busters is an okay film. It is about Manhattan gangster John "Czar" Martin who enters the trucking business in an effort to control the produce market. Humphrey Bogart and George Brent give decent performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Lloyd Bacon did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the adventure. See more 03/27/2014 another good gangsta pic from WB See more Read all reviews
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Lloyd Bacon

Director

Humphrey Bogart

John "Czar" Martin

George Brent

Denny Jordan

Gloria Dickson

Nora Jordan

Allen Jenkins

Skeets Wilson

Walter Abel

Hugh Allison
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Synopsis New York City crime kingpin John Martin (Humphrey Bogart) and his men terrorize local truckers into working for them, but young, self-employed driver Denny Jordan (George Brent) manages to fend off the gangsters. Eventually, Martin's thugs bully Denny's pregnant wife and destroy his business, and the desperate trucker commits a robbery in order to make ends meet. But the mobsters know about the crime, so they blackmail Denny into joining the racket, and he finds himself mixed up in a murder.
Director
Lloyd Bacon
Producer
Samuel Bischoff
Screenwriter
Robert Rossen, Leonardo Bercovici
Production Co
Cosmopolitan Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 11m
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