
Atlantic City(1980)
In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.



Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
James 'Jimmy' Russell

Ann Dvorak
Sally Condon

Frances Dee
Mary Wodehouse

Lee Tracy
Stanley Fiske

Lyle Talbot
Edward Griswold 'Eddie' Shaw

Warren Hymer
Burney Olds

André Luguet
Max Boncour

Cecil Cunningham
Aunt Hattie Donovan

Polly Walters
Betty, Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
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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