Rubber Racketeers (1942)

Name: Rubber Racketeers
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2020-06-29
Duration: 1 hr 7 min
Rating: 43
Cast: Ricardo Cortez, Rochelle Hudson, William Henry, Barbara Read, John Abbott

Movie"Deadlier than the public enemies more ruthless than Murder Inc are these dealers in death who threaten the lives of millions"

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NR 1 hr 7 minJun 26th, 1942Drama, Crime

Racketeer Gillin is paroled from prison and immediately goes to work trying to make an illegal buck from Americas war effort With rationing in effect the black market tire business is booming Gillens mob sets up car lots around town where they peddle stolen tires and new tires milled in the gangsters 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

StarringRicardo CortezRochelle HudsonWilliam Henry

DirectorHarold Young

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