Rubber Racketeers (1942)
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.
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Ricardo Cortez
as Gilin
as Gilin
Rochelle Hudson
as Nikki
as Nikki
William Henry
as Bill Barry (as Bill Henry)
as Bill Barry (as Bill Henry)
Barbara Read
as Mary Dale
as Mary Dale
John Abbott
as Dumbo
as Dumbo
Dick Rich
as Mule
as Mule
Dewey Robinson
as Larkin
as Larkin
Sam Edwards
as Freddy Dale
as Freddy Dale
Kam Tong
as Tom
as Tom
Milburn Stone
as Angel
as Angel
Pat Gleason
as Curley
as Curley
Alex Callam
as Butch
as Butch
Alan Hale Jr.
as Red
as Red
Dick Hogan
as Bert
as Bert
Marjorie Manners
as Lila
as Lila
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Harold Young
Director
Director
Henry Blankfort
Screenplay
Screenplay
Frank King
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Maurice King
Producer
Producer
L. William O'Connell
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Jack Dennis
Editor
Editor
Frank Dexter
Art Direction
Art Direction
Mack V. Wright
Production Manager
Production Manager
Arthur Gardner
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Herman King
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Vin Taylor
Set Dresser
Set Dresser
David Chudnow
Music Director
Music Director
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