Parole Racket
Cast & Crew
C. C. Coleman Jr.
Paul Kelly
Rosalind Keith
Thurston Hall
Leona Maricle
Gene Morgan
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Synopsis
Police lieutenant Tony Roberts complains to newspaper editor Jameson that the newspaper is glorifying a gang of extortionists who are terrorizing local businesses. Despite Jameson's hesitation about having a woman as police reporter, Betty Wilson is sent to interview the publicity-shy Tony and she follows him downtown, where he prevents a gang from extorting payments from a group of workmen. But it is only when Jameson and his newspaper distributors are beaten by the same racketeers that Jameson turns against the mob and publishes Betty's story. Tony believes that the high number of parolees in the gang indicates that their leader is very powerful, so he makes plans to infiltrate the mob. Tony has Betty depict him in a newspaper story as a disillusioned policeman out to get his share. But the police interrupt Tony's sting and arrest him. Although he has hired the gang's best attorney, Tony is convicted and sent to prison. When Tony is finally brought before the parole board, Judge Grayson and his colleagues agree to release him on parole. Once free, Tony is hired by Nat Beldon to kill Betty, under the threat of having his parole revoked. Tony meets secretly with Betty, Jameson and the police chief, and together they plan and then fake Betty's murder. When Grayson arrives to collect extortion money that Tony procured, Tony records him as he reveals how he recruited criminals and parolees to work for him. The police arrive, Grayson is arrested, and Tony is promoted to captain and becomes engaged to Betty.
Director
C. C. Coleman Jr.
Cast
Paul Kelly
Rosalind Keith
Thurston Hall
Leona Maricle
Gene Morgan
John Spacey
Francis Mcdonald
Raymond Brown
Jack Daley
C. Montague Shaw
Al Hill
Leora Thatcher
Edward Earle
Lloyd Whitlock
Richard Terry
Ray Bennett
Harry Depp
Ralph Mccullough
Ernie Adams
Richard Kipling
Joe Girard
Lee Prather
Frank Mills
Bud Flannigan
Chuck Hamilton
Budd Fine
Eddie Hart
Earle Bunn
Harry Hollingsworth
Eddie Laughton
Robert Wilber
Jack Lowe
Alma Chester
Edward Peil Sr.
George Chesebro
Roger Gray
Billy Arnold
Harry Stafford
Eddie Cobb
Harry Bailey
Crew
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Notes
The working title for this film was Freedom for Sale.
