THE RACKET 1928 Thomas Meighan, Marie Prevost region free DVD

Description: This solid gangster flick from director Lewis Milestone was based on a stage play and earned a Best Picture nomination at the Academy Awards. Nick Scarsi ( Louis Wolheim) , is a tough-guy bootlegger with political connections that enrage a local police captain, McQuigg (Thomas Meighan). In order to get rid of his enemy, Nick use his influence to get McQuigg transferred to an out-of-the-way duty post, which only further inflames the determined cop's animosity. In the meantime, Nick's brother Joe (George Stone) is about to get himself in trouble with a beautiful singer, Helen (Marie Prevost), and Nick tries to prevent a match-up by humiliating her at a party. After Joe kills an innocent pedestrian in a car accident, he's arrested under a phony name. To get even with the brothers, Helen alerts the police that Joe is a big-time gangster's brother, putting Nick, who has also killed a police officer, at the mercy of McQuigg and a district attorney (Sam De Grasse). Tragically, stars Wolheim and Prevost would both be dead by the early 1930's, he of cancer and she of starvation and alcoholism. please be aware of what you are purchasing, this film has never been commercially released, and it is not digitally restored or remastered. Due to the scarcity of these hard to find features (in most cases transfers from 16mm film prints), quality may vary from title to title, usually from about a 7 all the way up to a 9/10.dvd is as is, and is region free, if you have any trouble with your purchase, please contact me for a replacmement All dvds come with a case and artwork I will replace a defective disc with a new one of the same title.If you have a problem, please contact me before you leave feedback. SHIPPING POLICY--I COMBINE SHIPPING CHARGES BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.copyrighted-September 2, 1937copyright expired december 31, 1964 and was not renewed The film entered the public domain due to the rights holders failure to renew the copyright after 28 years. · This is a Public domain title. All our dvdr titles are either in the public domain and/or covered under the “BERNE ACT”. All media contained on this item is distributed freely and globally under the terms of the GNU PUBLIC LICENCE and the GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENCE (LGPL). No trademarks, copyright or rules have been violated in this listing. All information pertaining to United States copyright regulations can be found at the United States Copyright office a branch of the Library of Congress. No Trademarks or copyrights have been violated by this item. If a title is found to be currently under copyright, it will be immediately removed.

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