The Racket | |
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Directed by | John Cromwell Uncredited: Nicholas Ray Tay Garnett Sherman Todd Mel Ferrer |
Screenplay by | William Wister Haines W.R. Burnett |
Based on | The Racket 1927 play by Bartlett Cormack |
Produced by | Edmund Grainger |
Starring | Robert Mitchum Lizabeth Scott Robert Ryan |
Cinematography | George E. Diskant |
Edited by | Sherman Todd |
Music by | Paul Sawtell |
Production company | |
Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
Release dates | |
Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1.75 million (US rentals)[2] |
The Racket is a 1951 black-and-white film noir drama directed by John Cromwell with uncredited directing help from Nicholas Ray, Tay Garnett, and Mel Ferrer. The production features Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, and William Conrad. Future Perry Mason regular cast members William Talman and Ray Collins appear in key roles.[3]
The film, a remake of the 1928 film The Racket, is indirectly based on a play by Bartlett Cormack. (Edward G. Robinson played the racketeer in the original Broadway production.)