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Love is a Racket

Love is a Racket

He puts the unfair sex on the spot

19325.31h 11mNR

Overview

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

Directed by William A. Wellman
Written by Courtney Terrett, Rian James
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Top Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

James 'Jimmy' Russell

Ann Dvorak

Ann Dvorak

Sally Condon

Frances Dee

Frances Dee

Mary Wodehouse

Lee Tracy

Lee Tracy

Stanley Fiske

Lyle Talbot

Lyle Talbot

Edward Griswold 'Eddie' Shaw

Warren Hymer

Warren Hymer

Burney Olds

André Luguet

André Luguet

Max Boncour

Cecil Cunningham

Cecil Cunningham

Aunt Hattie Donovan

Polly Walters

Polly Walters

Betty, Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

cover-upmobsteratlantic citypre-codenewspaper reporterpractical joke

About Love is a Racket

Love is a Racket is a crime, drama, romance film released in 1932 exploring themes of cover-up, mobster, atlantic city, pre-code, newspaper reporter, practical joke. Directed by William A. Wellman, it stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Ann Dvorak, Frances Dee. A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue who's beholden to a penthouse gangster.

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