The Racket
directed by John Cromwell,
written by William Wister Haines and W.R. Burnett,
based on the play
by Bartlett Cormack,
was released in the
United States on October 25, 1951.
Music by Paul Sawtell.
Cast:
Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth
Scott, Robert Ryan, William Talman, Ray Collins, Joyce MacKenzie, Robert Hutton,
Virginia Huston, William Conrad, Walter Sande, Les Tremayne, Don Porter, Walter
Baldwin, Brett King, Richard Karlan, Tito Vuolo, Milburn Stone.
Recommended reading:
The Racket
By Bartlett Cormack.
A play in three acts.
ASIN: B0BPM49P6T
Published by Samuel French.
Published 1928.
Adapted to film in 1928 and 1951.
The play The Racket is also available in the following anthology:
Strictly Dishonorable and Other Lost American Plays
Edited by Richard Nelson.
Paperback.
Published 1993.
Published by Theatre Communications Group.
ISBN 13: 9780930452551
ISBN 10: 0930452550
ASIN: 0930452550
Contents: Strictly Dishonorable by Preston Sturges; The Racket by Bartlett Cormack; The Ghost of Yankee Doodle by Sidney Howard and A Slight Case of Murder by Howard Lindsay and Damon Runyon.