Racket Busters

A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.

Cast

Humphrey Bogart

as John "Czar" Martin

George Brent

as Denny Jordan

Gloria Dickson

as Nora Jordan

Allen Jenkins

as Skeets Wilson

Walter Abel

as Hugh Allison

Henry O'Neill

as Governor

Penny Singleton

as Gladys Christie

Anthony Averill

as Dave Crane

Oscar O'Shea

as Pop Wilson

Elliott Sullivan

as Charlie Smith

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