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The Racketeer
Also known as Love’s Conquest in the United Kingdom
(1929) United States of America
B&W : [?] Six? reels / 5119 feet
Directed by Howard Higgin
Cast: Robert Armstrong [Mahlon Keene], Carol Lombard (Carole Lombard) [Rhoda Philbrooke], Roland Drew [Tony Vaughan], Jeanette Loff [Millie Chapman], John Loder [Jack Oakhurst], Paul Hurst [Mehaffy], Winter Hall [Mr. Simpson], Winifred Harris [Mrs. Simpson], Kit Guard [Gus], Al Hill [‘Squid’], Bobby Dunn [‘The Rat’], Hedda Hopper [Karen Lee], Budd Fine [Bernie Weber]
Distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Associate producer, Ralph Block. Screenplay by Paul Gangelin with dialog by A.A. Kline, from a screen story by Paul Gangelin. Art direction by Edward Jewell. Set design by T.E. Dickson. Costume design by Gwen Wakeling. Dialog director, Rollo Lloyd. Assistant director, George Webster. Cinematography by David Abel. Sound by D.A. Cutler and Clarence M. Wickes. Film editor, Doane Harrison. / Released 9 November 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was banned by the British Board of Film Censors in 1929. / Full-sound film.
Drama: Crime.
Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Alcohol: Alcoholics - Criminals: Gangs, Gangsters - Death - Musicians - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 1 April 2009.
References: Parish-Gangster pp. 328, 329; Robertson-British p. 186 : Variety-19291106 p. 26 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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