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Written by James M. Tate / 6/11/2026 / No comments / fifties , film noir or melodrama , howard hughes , joyce mackenzie , mob , ray collins , robert mitchum , robert ryan , virginia huston , william conrad , william talman

ROBERT MITCHUM BUSTING ROBERT RYAN THROUGH 'THE RACKET'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_MwZkYPi3o1d3NfCNCWtpJqRfdhzHR9Zouri9kYQarZOcb-iJybj1A10UaaO2h05KypREwsvWNfv64s-w20G4g0k65kS7aq9GbDHxAGcM6JJQsAw6ueaKC1irb5VA2UptOVxS1UMSHepXizDBogiUfCM-NplLy9BPZZsbf4b79IfQg7Bkdktdohb4510/s1486/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.54.39%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_MwZkYPi3o1d3NfCNCWtpJqRfdhzHR9Zouri9kYQarZOcb-iJybj1A10UaaO2h05KypREwsvWNfv64s-w20G4g0k65kS7aq9GbDHxAGcM6JJQsAw6ueaKC1irb5VA2UptOVxS1UMSHepXizDBogiUfCM-NplLy9BPZZsbf4b79IfQg7Bkdktdohb4510/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.54.39%20PM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Joyce Mackenzie and Robert Mitchum in THE RACKET Year: 1951 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><p>Based
 on a let's-fight-city-corruption picture from 1928, and remade to 
center on a then-current anti-mafia-probe, it's no wonder that RKO's THE
 RACKET plays out so deliberately over-the-top, where Robert Ryan not 
only openly admits to being the head of an illegal/totally corrupt 
syndicate, but shoots and kills an honest lawman right inside a police station... 
with a cub reporter witness only inches away...<br /><br />In that, Ryan gets 
most of the praise for a performance that's more 1930's teeth-clenching 
gangbusters than subtle 1950's noir, which, for the lack of alleyway 
shadows and femme fatales, many claim this feature as being something 
other than... <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJPXYN0Tfu2zScGp59R0YYNB_OVF2twXyCrld1tTbkSXthSvojmDbRAmZ1Bhyphenhyphen-ga5NyESJ8kPp6JaNvavNtGZ2FnIGf9OqgTvMC89f_xgHN0wO2A-xZZfzjy3T-qMXkMYHQBEc86an_YUKYigvxz_kP_952H2CUz5zl6LZyk49xNpMTGJ96fF1S-oIDEZ/s1128/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.33.40%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJPXYN0Tfu2zScGp59R0YYNB_OVF2twXyCrld1tTbkSXthSvojmDbRAmZ1Bhyphenhyphen-ga5NyESJ8kPp6JaNvavNtGZ2FnIGf9OqgTvMC89f_xgHN0wO2A-xZZfzjy3T-qMXkMYHQBEc86an_YUKYigvxz_kP_952H2CUz5zl6LZyk49xNpMTGJ96fF1S-oIDEZ/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.33.40%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Robert Mitchum and Robert Ryan in THE RACKET</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Which
 is an ongoing/never-ending debate on any b-crimer that isn't dreamily 
melodramatic the likes of OUT OF THE PAST... segwaying into the other 
Robert here in Robert Mitchum, the star of several Howard Hughes 
productions, where, on the heels of playing likable losers in THIS KIND 
OF WOMAN and THE BIG STEAL, this is his most solidly straightforward 
performance... <br /><br />As a police chief the syndicate moves around in 
order to never press permanent charges, and with scene-stealing/ideal-driven good cop William Talman by his side, Mitchum doesn't simply breeze around with his handsome slow-burn cool, but really fits the part with 
both feet planted firmly on the ground...  </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYr3JQVCeCOLim5s1d9fJ3V_XHcxgnKzRzkKv62HNg9kjZw51DMcmCNExC74cV4VA_KXb4SNr3sSX0OT4mMMw8SlJKgtGL3Hp_fBICplJL75kov754bRmv9jJ6ZQpckAyeHEGJNm56wink2Nj_oLHRGOOBE-ftqytGrtR_SmsFNaXTnowYQ5Y1gIyzuu_P/s1428/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.35.28%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="1428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYr3JQVCeCOLim5s1d9fJ3V_XHcxgnKzRzkKv62HNg9kjZw51DMcmCNExC74cV4VA_KXb4SNr3sSX0OT4mMMw8SlJKgtGL3Hp_fBICplJL75kov754bRmv9jJ6ZQpckAyeHEGJNm56wink2Nj_oLHRGOOBE-ftqytGrtR_SmsFNaXTnowYQ5Y1gIyzuu_P/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.35.28%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Robert Mitchum and Robert Ryan in THE RACKET</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The
 biggest problem (besides pretty Lizabeth Scott in a 
throwaway nightclub canary/dame role) is that everything's too up-front, particularly with Ryan's scrunched-up mug exploding into
temper-tantrums.... <br /><br />In one reaction shot, Mitchum 
seems to intentionally smirk at Ryan's overacting: playing more of a 
head gangster's viciously lethal thug than any kind of realistic big boss, making 
THE RACKET more a good vs evil fable than either noir or your typical standard 
detective story. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgUDk0PshNV3iwPnV0vusOVjeg_W47qEl0VTlceP-Z4vWrLUsADoxhvVyxEJZLt-2nt3Hg5iBEwtnAhKSpjwfHUSHj7T1RLq_yDkz6fUvC1PQxtZOIhKGlGhvG5BkFdKtr9ppv0SlR_-oLPgRyM3TItzC_8JtcHo6nJeHgSIUKTeKqwAQ6XyX9iUZXzUE3/s1110/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.29.37%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgUDk0PshNV3iwPnV0vusOVjeg_W47qEl0VTlceP-Z4vWrLUsADoxhvVyxEJZLt-2nt3Hg5iBEwtnAhKSpjwfHUSHj7T1RLq_yDkz6fUvC1PQxtZOIhKGlGhvG5BkFdKtr9ppv0SlR_-oLPgRyM3TItzC_8JtcHo6nJeHgSIUKTeKqwAQ6XyX9iUZXzUE3/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.29.37%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Robert Mitchum and Robert Ryan in THE RACKET</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXBbYSCSQDg33oGhBZ21z6A3BoO8cuSxpJNOg9Dc-NVrcLPhZ29q_O5wbSr6Z0Yogo48pHzeyTYoT2Fh6GHX3fET3gQFSGXDrS81elr7cS0-3eVwd3aYuBIGRlbIFdQkAIx3WAfpx6jc3HXPt6vq1wx4dyWk9Q10vZIZGs98XeQ0LiEF45f3uSooHbvMQZ/s1026/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.29.45%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXBbYSCSQDg33oGhBZ21z6A3BoO8cuSxpJNOg9Dc-NVrcLPhZ29q_O5wbSr6Z0Yogo48pHzeyTYoT2Fh6GHX3fET3gQFSGXDrS81elr7cS0-3eVwd3aYuBIGRlbIFdQkAIx3WAfpx6jc3HXPt6vq1wx4dyWk9Q10vZIZGs98XeQ0LiEF45f3uSooHbvMQZ/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.29.45%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Ray Collins in THE RACKET</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyK_eSCd6nA_iTar0lOCOBUIGrFNNmbpa829i1SlBVo2H1dxGK7aSRXYbP6bNEdwAQN5jfLnaRoptcKRyvbsUjVsVECD3fEmA1hTvq4mC1LRRwj-ov_h9C91sshVSqiZBH_7zKE8fat170ykBPf91fG0yBrzEVQ8Qgi99tFppt4MscjiVrYSJ2mURhd5K/s1032/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.29.59%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyK_eSCd6nA_iTar0lOCOBUIGrFNNmbpa829i1SlBVo2H1dxGK7aSRXYbP6bNEdwAQN5jfLnaRoptcKRyvbsUjVsVECD3fEmA1hTvq4mC1LRRwj-ov_h9C91sshVSqiZBH_7zKE8fat170ykBPf91fG0yBrzEVQ8Qgi99tFppt4MscjiVrYSJ2mURhd5K/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.29.59%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Robert Ryan in THE RACKET</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwYKZnG2xMyFoJNVwsL1g4BCYjSODePH7mGV7SoLwH19nFddIpbudevFuaHZahkqwR0j5qGL7wY5W2pueB_LwNb4gpCQe_dFEo14XARW4pcsOB7rH4eeSd05qGR8ydSjMlnvZeJRVB73acsImZ04-dSC-G48pup_E0RMABNuWBu8HQ6Z6C86FMBipKhWzU/s1080/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.30.48%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwYKZnG2xMyFoJNVwsL1g4BCYjSODePH7mGV7SoLwH19nFddIpbudevFuaHZahkqwR0j5qGL7wY5W2pueB_LwNb4gpCQe_dFEo14XARW4pcsOB7rH4eeSd05qGR8ydSjMlnvZeJRVB73acsImZ04-dSC-G48pup_E0RMABNuWBu8HQ6Z6C86FMBipKhWzU/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.30.48%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>William Talman and Virginia Huston in THE RACKET</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbIJxtz4FJiTjw_OrcDetQ1S4w_MYg2Bp4iFIOTN3sx1quq23VmLxiTKGg_zbafKr3OhG876HsklinmznEr7iyByhyuqTjNem2hv_fjfnAnSdRfjA_N5gdyiaBx3vJJwJNBRxSzfQsp6Sew_oKe1MqFjkpnxInXFJ2kqrxq2yh0PhpXlzGL9WbAMurCa0Q/s1256/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.30.57%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbIJxtz4FJiTjw_OrcDetQ1S4w_MYg2Bp4iFIOTN3sx1quq23VmLxiTKGg_zbafKr3OhG876HsklinmznEr7iyByhyuqTjNem2hv_fjfnAnSdRfjA_N5gdyiaBx3vJJwJNBRxSzfQsp6Sew_oKe1MqFjkpnxInXFJ2kqrxq2yh0PhpXlzGL9WbAMurCa0Q/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.30.57%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Virginia Huston in THE RACKET</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwsjTMWqFvHAoojyrqwnZTD8lc9S1tEIqeRZPwy_ajJUTPQjpAUVOJ4ncyWP85gQUJTWZoX5tSpwfkIBS0RGWpsVFZ47a4TkHgOG_ObXKFCSJl7VAPYewWsY20Q0Ym6d4GfkY8sOVdLc1c3IvRtAS2_rKp7eN5Dpq2PJzSsGV56J4H3NGBxGn8L7n_dK9b/s902/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.31.18%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="902" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwsjTMWqFvHAoojyrqwnZTD8lc9S1tEIqeRZPwy_ajJUTPQjpAUVOJ4ncyWP85gQUJTWZoX5tSpwfkIBS0RGWpsVFZ47a4TkHgOG_ObXKFCSJl7VAPYewWsY20Q0Ym6d4GfkY8sOVdLc1c3IvRtAS2_rKp7eN5Dpq2PJzSsGV56J4H3NGBxGn8L7n_dK9b/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.31.18%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>From THE RACKET</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdOp-aRtqZxSikROH4ceskc39jYQz4EtgF9ajX9YiQtIPdKTtYoCEWT6R6cC4cs3x5qzyAX84N2t2kBF-AsCyI4sIwQYOwpE_-0zVSl2IlNM25K43BIvi78IssI8Emo5kmiErOZFfjeJWQ-3fl6dvcV3uGW9s6ztROYfd7KjMQqRQt8qrcX4oEvr-liBjy/s942/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.31.27%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="942" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdOp-aRtqZxSikROH4ceskc39jYQz4EtgF9ajX9YiQtIPdKTtYoCEWT6R6cC4cs3x5qzyAX84N2t2kBF-AsCyI4sIwQYOwpE_-0zVSl2IlNM25K43BIvi78IssI8Emo5kmiErOZFfjeJWQ-3fl6dvcV3uGW9s6ztROYfd7KjMQqRQt8qrcX4oEvr-liBjy/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.31.27%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>William Conrad in THE RACKET</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhicwM7vQ4gM62JEkkexYqRs6FoWcYhQ9ADBhx3F4wHywvg6hdpND2__9QhMI-FzN8QkXzmVS9jL48W4CH-XVvRuYHbAzv9XSoTthzchAlqQCzOdxvWHxn79IZKJ7b6hSPk6FwAaAehYvZ61rYAa6KLJo60MPncX-mScCiUuJibTkSbNoykPbZE1GtyBXJK/s1186/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.31.35%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhicwM7vQ4gM62JEkkexYqRs6FoWcYhQ9ADBhx3F4wHywvg6hdpND2__9QhMI-FzN8QkXzmVS9jL48W4CH-XVvRuYHbAzv9XSoTthzchAlqQCzOdxvWHxn79IZKJ7b6hSPk6FwAaAehYvZ61rYAa6KLJo60MPncX-mScCiUuJibTkSbNoykPbZE1GtyBXJK/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.31.35%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>William Talman in THE RACKET</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWV7UxVVnXQI7i6W-mvLFz8gWEksD8DCOuV5zEDcZ-7RI0ys9xwiw-Sv_0Tjm3u9ekxVaN_yfPZhS2GADO_gi35syshgC9_u_3qpzKAsKpYQ0DXTVEGPv-dzZn7j9V1v_kpeqkEVJ3zw-4uZ2fzmwsanpQEZ30EX7Z74ynzmC95JXBcMgB3ER0FvmMn006/s1312/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.31.43%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWV7UxVVnXQI7i6W-mvLFz8gWEksD8DCOuV5zEDcZ-7RI0ys9xwiw-Sv_0Tjm3u9ekxVaN_yfPZhS2GADO_gi35syshgC9_u_3qpzKAsKpYQ0DXTVEGPv-dzZn7j9V1v_kpeqkEVJ3zw-4uZ2fzmwsanpQEZ30EX7Z74ynzmC95JXBcMgB3ER0FvmMn006/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.31.43%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>William Conrad in THE RACKET</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwRaSQMHgcu23jiiJSRwW56Quaq90T0CcuJQyVAr9-ZDVv1CEfDF2DeetfaLcAG6D0X2q5TfK6b_l9iaatxgeFsoY6HomXGrmo4qhsuXcEBmbiyxNssAap5rpSjUhqpsdJnzoBhMkAaAZwXVJi6W1yH2QeToIon0NV0KSy5WO4M6GUT_jt4PkjFkLcZz_/s1278/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.31.51%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwRaSQMHgcu23jiiJSRwW56Quaq90T0CcuJQyVAr9-ZDVv1CEfDF2DeetfaLcAG6D0X2q5TfK6b_l9iaatxgeFsoY6HomXGrmo4qhsuXcEBmbiyxNssAap5rpSjUhqpsdJnzoBhMkAaAZwXVJi6W1yH2QeToIon0NV0KSy5WO4M6GUT_jt4PkjFkLcZz_/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%202.31.51%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Lizabeth Scott and Robert Hutton in THE RACKET</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinS_R03nwaqK4XZZdmxiRM8Mp-apraT9vBNOeAfZhuA0YU4HFDW9x_69UsJeqeGSoHJfMZAzaKCtem8dQvkH_1lerLREc_b8p4KhXWssfQWrLQL_5npKxenzd_agbACYKGv6h-PXE-j8qkLuy9LHE2smXMt4AlSKQojoxRSnc6HNIFpezK2WRK616TsTSn/s1830/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%201.04.40%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="1830" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinS_R03nwaqK4XZZdmxiRM8Mp-apraT9vBNOeAfZhuA0YU4HFDW9x_69UsJeqeGSoHJfMZAzaKCtem8dQvkH_1lerLREc_b8p4KhXWssfQWrLQL_5npKxenzd_agbACYKGv6h-PXE-j8qkLuy9LHE2smXMt4AlSKQojoxRSnc6HNIFpezK2WRK616TsTSn/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-06-04%20at%201.04.40%20PM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Joyce Mackenzie and Robert Mitchum in THE RACKET</u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br />

fifties, film noir or melodrama, howard hughes, joyce mackenzie, mob, ray collins, robert mitchum, robert ryan, virginia huston, william conrad, william talman

ROBERT MITCHUM BUSTING ROBERT RYAN THROUGH 'THE RACKET'

Joyce Mackenzie and Robert Mitchum in THE RACKET Year: 1951 Rating: ***1/2 Based on a let's-fight-city-corruption picture from 1928, an...

Written by James M. Tate / 9/04/2023 / No comments / crime , fifties , film noir or melodrama , howard hughes , lizabeth scott , robert mitchum , robert ryan , suspense , william talman

ROBERT MITCHUM, WILLIAM TALMAN & ROBERT RYAN IN 'THE RACKET'

<p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9lQsYk5ktV0qMST88FxyNa-0jP9sZQ0Wk7arZ4I99NKwK_0b5x8SMEJnmrQnBlKFasVMbReRQ8216aLO4fj9jizU5kkqdU3u7KOlnaWE9USrpzyydPXnXnvl0pwsnoaSMOHZZygxl3Y9QpMqnt0j8OLuKiJGi0IdpyHoJGdZW2S40rSG4NvXuSC8iaE0/s2150/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-04%20at%208.05.05%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="2150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9lQsYk5ktV0qMST88FxyNa-0jP9sZQ0Wk7arZ4I99NKwK_0b5x8SMEJnmrQnBlKFasVMbReRQ8216aLO4fj9jizU5kkqdU3u7KOlnaWE9USrpzyydPXnXnvl0pwsnoaSMOHZZygxl3Y9QpMqnt0j8OLuKiJGi0IdpyHoJGdZW2S40rSG4NvXuSC8iaE0/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-04%20at%208.05.05%20PM.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: THE RACKET 1951 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>While
 primarily focusing on the two leads, Robert Mitchum as a determined 
cop, McQuigg, and Robert Ryan as criminal kingpin Nick Scanlon (in 
cahoots with crooked politician Ray Collins), it's William Talman's 
heroic yet idealistically naïve , knee-jerk newbie police officer, ready to take on 
all things villainous, that really drives things along...</p><p></p><p></p><p>Bookending the 
literally explosive middle is an involving buildup, as nothing can touch
 Robert Ryan and his old-school way of running things. Then, during the 
last half, he realizes his particular kind of shady doesn't quite work 
in the world of ever-growing politics. But he's not going down easy, and
 it takes Mitchum's slowburn patience to wear him down. Throw in sexy 
Lizbeth Scott as the dame caught in the middle and you really have a pretty nifty crime-thriller. <br></p><span></span>

crime, fifties, film noir or melodrama, howard hughes, lizabeth scott, robert mitchum, robert ryan, suspense, william talman

ROBERT MITCHUM, WILLIAM TALMAN & ROBERT RYAN IN 'THE RACKET'

Title: THE RACKET 1951 Rating: ***1/2 While primarily focusing on the two leads, Robert Mitchum as a determined cop, McQuigg, and Robert R...

RICHARD FLEISCHER DRIVES THE NOIR 'ARMORED CAR ROBBERY'

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</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-5tMIED6Fo0bg5HIW6BhRqdTANrSt4zBVeVppmx0NajRZ_7_zlFVUhJWsI1IIwL_C3hWHPHIoDLFLcg6lAmqqbD1QvQjK_IMuhl0aSRKrMVGyuZ7DcMTm3tq-XOXk30iLCpIuVDI65HPhnD3IUhmQIBCzFXGYCf5nfRGOPSCLCOThMV20nooYgGd3A/s1425/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-14%20at%2010.18.44%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="1425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-5tMIED6Fo0bg5HIW6BhRqdTANrSt4zBVeVppmx0NajRZ_7_zlFVUhJWsI1IIwL_C3hWHPHIoDLFLcg6lAmqqbD1QvQjK_IMuhl0aSRKrMVGyuZ7DcMTm3tq-XOXk30iLCpIuVDI65HPhnD3IUhmQIBCzFXGYCf5nfRGOPSCLCOThMV20nooYgGd3A/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-14%20at%2010.18.44%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: ARMORED CAR ROBBERY Year: 1950 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The same year John Huston brought us one of the greatest Film Noir offerings, THE ASPHALT JUNGLE... centering on a pivotal heist following a meticulous setup that turns into an inevitably violent aftermath... a comparably unknown director, Richard Fleischer, had his own heist to reveal, and with a title like ARMORED CAR ROBBERY, you know exactly what you're in for... somewhat...<br>
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With a title describing the entire plot, there's plenty to go right and wrong in the process — depending what side you're on, and how and when the tables turn. Equally balancing the story between cops and robbers, the good guys are led by Charles McGraw, who would work under Fleischer in both of their most famous Noir vehicles, THE NARROW MARGIN... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span></span></p>

adele jergens, armored car, charles mcgraw, douglas fowley, fifties, film noir or melodrama, gene evans, heist, james flavin, richard fleischer, steve brodie, william talman

RICHARD FLEISCHER DRIVES THE NOIR 'ARMORED CAR ROBBERY'

Title: ARMORED CAR ROBBERY Year: 1950 Rating: **** The same year John Huston brought us one of the greatest Film Noir offerings, THE ASPHAL...

DANA ANDREWS STARS IN 'SMOKE SIGNAL' WITH WILLIAM TALMAN

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Dana Andrews with William Talman YEAR: 1955</u></td></tr>
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Dana Andrews was both right and 
wrong for SMOKE SIGNAL, an Western Adventure where the good 
guys must survive against advancing and surrounding Indians while 
battling a formidable water-splashing menace called a Wild River...<br>
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Originally,
 Charlton Heston was intended to play the part of Brett Halliday, a 
Calvary deserter who'd previously sided with some good Indians, which 
these particular antagonists are not...<br>
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Actually, they're the same tribe whose minds have been changed, and it's blood they're after in a 
group of Calvary men led by an extremely determined and stubborn William
 Talman, who does have some reason for bitterness and resentment: 
because of Halliday's help with the Redskins, his brother had been 
killed...<br>