The racket

DVD

The racket / Howard Hughes presents ; an Edmund Grainger production ; RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. ; screen play by William Wister Haines and W.R. Burnett ; produced by Edmund Grainger ; directed by John Cromwell.

Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 (presenter.). Grainger, Edmund, 1906-1981 (film producer.). Haines, William Wister, 1908-1989 (screenwriter.). Burnett, W. R. (William Riley), 1899-1982 (screenwriter.). Cromwell, John, 1888-1979 (film director.). Mitchum, Robert, (actor.). Scott, Lizabeth, 1922-2015 (actor.). Ryan, Robert, 1909-1973 (actor.). Talman, William, 1915-1968 (actor.). Collins, Ray, 1889-1965 (actor.). Mackenzie, Joyce, 1929- (actor.). Hutton, Robert, 1920-1994 (actor.). Huston, Virginia, 1925-1981 (actor.). Conrad, William, 1920-1994 (actor.). Sande, Walter, 1906-1972 (actor.). Tremayne, Les, (actor.). Porter, Don, 1912-1997 (actor.). Baldwin, Walter, 1887-1977 (actor.). King, Brett, 1920-1999 (actor.). Karlan, Richard, (actor.). Vuolo, Tito, (actor.). Diskant, George E., 1907-1965 (director of photograhy.). D'Agostino, Albert, 1893-1970 (art director.). Okey, Jack, (art director.). Silvera, Darrell, 1900-1983 (set designer.). Stevens, W. L. (William L.), (set designer.). Todd, Sherman, (film editor.). Bakaleinikoff, C. (Constantin), 1898-1966 (musical director.). McHugh, Jimmy, 1894-1969 (composer (expression)). Adamson, Harold, (lyricist.). Woulfe, Michael, (costume designer.). Cormack, Bartlett, 1898-1942 Racket. (Added Author). Muller, Eddie, (commentator.). RKO Radio Pictures, (production company.). Warner Home Video (Firm), (film distributor.). Turner Entertainment Co., (film distributor.). 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. (Cast).

Summary:

A straight-arrow cop and an old-school gangster find a common foe: big shots who run crime like a corporation.

Record details

ISBN: 1419826565 (set)
ISBN: 9781419826566 (set)
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (89 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Standard version.
Distributor: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, [2006]
Copyright: �2006

Content descriptions

General Note:: Re-released as part of the Film Noir Classic Collection.

Based on the play by Bartlett Cormack.

"Supplementary material compilation � 2006 Turner Entertainment Co."--Container.

Special features: Commentary by Eddie Muller.
Creation/Production Credits Note:: Director of photograhy, George E. Diskant ; art directors, Albert S. D'Agostino, Jack Okey ; set decorations, Darrell Silvera, William Stevens ; film editor, Sherman Todd ; musical director, C. Bakaleinikoff ; song "A lovely way to spend an evening", music by Jimmy McHugh, lyrics by Harold Adamson ; gowns by Michael Woulfe.
Participant or Performer Note:: 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.
Original Version Note:: Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.
System Details Note:: DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital mono.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:: Home use only. Licensed for Public Performance at Langara College.
Language Note:: In English with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.