The Racket (1928 film)

The Racket
theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lewis Milestone
Produced by	Howard Hughes
Written by	Bartlett Cormack Tom Miranda Harry Behn (uncredited)
Starring	Thomas Meighan Marie Prevost Louis Wolheim
Cinematography	Tony Gaudio
Edited by	Eddie Adams
Production company	The Caddo Company
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	November 1, 1928 (1928-11-01)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Language	silent film English intertitles

The Racket (1928) is an American crime film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Thomas Meighan, Marie Prevost, Louis Wolheim, and George E. Stone. The film was produced by Howard Hughes, written by Bartlett Cormack and Tom Miranda, and was distributed by Paramount Pictures.^[1] It was adapted from Cormack's 1927 Broadway play The Racket.^[2]

Background

Due to the controversial portrayal of a corrupt police force and city government both the film and the play were banned at the time in Chicago.^[3]

Reception

The Racket poster.

The Racket is one of the first films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture (then called "Outstanding Picture") in the 1929 Academy Awards.

Preservation status

Only one copy of the film is known to exist.^[4] It was long thought lost before being located in Howard Hughes' film collection after his death.^[5] A print was shepherded by Dr. Hart Wegner of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, film department for restoration by Jeffrey Masino, along with another Hughes-produced film, Two Arabian Knights (1927). In 2004 and 2006, Turner Classic Movies broadcast The Racket, Two Arabian Knights, and The Mating Call (1928), the first showing of any of the three films in decades.

References

External links

The Racket at the Internet Movie Database
synopsis at AllMovie
Australian daybill long poster

The films of Lewis Milestone

Directed	Seven Sinners The Caveman The New Klondike Two Arabian Knights The Garden of Eden The Racket Betrayal New York Nights All Quiet on the Western Front The Front Page Rain Hallelujah, I'm a Bum The Captain Hates the Sea Paris in Spring Anything Goes The General Died at Dawn The Night of Nights Of Mice and Men Lucky Partners My Life with Caroline Our Russian Front Edge of Darkness The North Star The Purple Heart A Walk in the Sun The Strange Love of Martha Ivers Arch of Triumph No Minor Vices The Red Pony Halls of Montezuma Kangaroo Les Misérables Melba They Who Dare Pork Chop Hill The Widow Ocean's 11 Mutiny on the Bounty

Screenplays	The Mad Whirl Dangerous Innocence Bobbed Hair

Howard Hughes films

Directed	Hell's Angels (1930) The Outlaw (1943)

Produced	Two Arabian Knights (1927) The Racket (1928) The Mating Call (1928) The Front Page (1931) Cock of the Air (1932) Sky Devils (1932) Scarface (1932) Behind the Rising Sun (1943) The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) The Tattooed Stranger (1950) Vendetta (1950) His Kind of Woman (1951) The Whip Hand (1951) Two Tickets to Broadway (1951) Macao (1952) The Las Vegas Story (1952) Second Chance (1953) The French Line (1954) Son of Sinbad (1955) The Conqueror (1956) Jet Pilot (1957)

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