cover-up,mobster,atlantic city,pre-code,newspaper reporter,practical joke

Love Is a Racket (1932)

Poster for Love Is a Racket

He puts the unfair sex on the spot

A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue who's beholden to a penthouse gangster.

Cast & Crew

Director
William A. Wellman
  • Profile picture of Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
    James 'Jimmy' Russell Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
  • Profile picture of Ann Dvorak
    Sally Condon Ann Dvorak
  • Profile picture of Frances Dee
    Mary Wodehouse Frances Dee
  • Profile picture of Lee Tracy
    Stanley Fiske Lee Tracy
  • Profile picture of Lyle Talbot
    Edward Griswold 'Eddie' Shaw Lyle Talbot
  • Profile picture of Warren Hymer
    Burney Olds Warren Hymer
  • Profile picture of André Luguet
    Max Boncour André Luguet
  • Profile picture of Cecil Cunningham
    Aunt Hattie Donovan Cecil Cunningham

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Keywords

  • cover-up
  • mobster
  • atlantic city
  • pre-code
  • newspaper reporter
  • practical joke