Zeus

Racket Busters (1938)

• Director
  • Lloyd Bacon
• Writers
  • Robert Rossen(original screen play)
  • Leonardo Bercovici(original screen play)
  • Warren Duff(contributor to screenplay construction)
• Stars
  • Humphrey Bogart
  • George Brent
  • Gloria Dickson

  In this gangster movie set in the Big Apple, a crime lord strong arms teamsters into paying him protection money. One young trucker with a very pregnant wife, stands up to the thug. His partner also refuses to pay in the hopes that they will help the other truck drivers. Naturally this enrages the king-pin and his mob. Simultaneously an idealistic young attorney is chosen by the DA to do all he can to get that crime boss convicted and off the streets for good. Back on the streets, the mobster manages to force the young trucker into paying up; this causes the man to quit and begin selling tomatoes. The lawyer finds him and offers him a chance to help the government and prosecute the gangster. He accepts and together the two do just that.