The Racket
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| The Racket | |
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| Directed by | Lewis Milestone |
| Produced by | Howard Hughes |
| Written by | Bartlett Cormack Tom Miranda |
| Starring | Thomas Meighan Marie Prevost Louis Wolheim |
| Cinematography | Tony Gaudio |
| Editing by | Eddie Adams |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Running time | 84 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | silent film English intertitles |
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The Racket (1928) is a crime film, written by Eddie Adams (titles), Del Andrews, Harry Behn, Bartlett Cormack (adaptation), and Bartlett Cormack (play). The film was directed by Lewis Milestone and produced by Howard Hughes for Hughes' Caddo Corporation, and was originally released by Paramount Pictures. It stars Thomas Meighan, Marie Prevost, Louis Wolheim, and George E. Stone.
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[edit] 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.[1]
[edit] Reception
The Racket is one of the first films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture (then called "Best Picture, Production") in 1929.
[edit] Preservation status
Only one copy of the film is known to exist.[2] It was long thought lost before being located in Howard Hughes' film collection after his death. 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 "lost" 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.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
The Racket at the Internet Movie Database
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