Rubber Racketeers

Rubber Racketeers

Deadlier than the public enemies... more ruthless than Murder, Inc... are these dealers in death who threaten the lives of millions!

1942 · 67 min · ★ 5.5 · Drama, Crime

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.

Directed by Harold Young · Written by Henry Blankfort

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Ricardo Cortez Gilin
Rochelle Hudson Nikki
William Henry Bill Barry (as Bill Henry)
Barbara Read Mary Dale
John Abbott Dumbo
Dick Rich Mule
Dewey Robinson Larkin
Sam Edwards Freddy Dale
Kam Tong Tom
Milburn Stone Angel
Pat Gleason Curley
Alex Callam Butch

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