Rubber Racketeers (1942)
1942 · Feature film · 56 min · dir. Harold Young
Deadlier than the public enemies... more ruthless than Murder, Inc... are these dealers in death who threaten the lives of millions!
- Drama
- Crime
Synopsis
Racketeer Gillin is paroled from prison and immediately goes to work trying to make an illegal buck from America's war effort. With rationing in effect the black market tire business is booming. Gillen's mob sets up car lots around town where they peddle stolen tires and "new" tires milled in the gangster's factories from cheap faulty materials. People begin to die in crashes as the defective tires fail. Bill Barry leads his fellow defense plant workers on a crusade to uncover the source of the black market rubber and bring the guilty to justice. Although clearly intended to warn the public about black market tire smuggling, Rubber Racketeers holds it own as a saga of mobsters versus an irate public.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Harold Young
- Writer
- Henry Blankfort
- Cinematography
- L. William O'Connell
- Studio
- Monogram Pictures, King Brothers Productions
- Released
- 1942-06-26
- Running time
- 56 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Ricardo Cortez
- Rochelle Hudson
Cast & crew
- Harold Young Director
Ricardo Cortez
Rochelle Hudson
William Henry
Barbara Read
John Abbott
Dick Rich
Dewey Robinson
Sam Edwards
