Rubber Racketeers (1942)
The fourth production from the enterprising King Brothers, Rubber Racketeers drew its inspiration from late-breaking headlines. When wartime rationing kicks in, rubber suddenly is at a premium, resulting in a brisk black market in bootlegged rubber tires. Patriotic defense plant worker Bill Barry (Bill Henry) rounds up his fellow workers to help stem the activities of hot-tire racketeer Gilin (Ricardo Cortez). In his American film debut, John Abbott plays a mute secondary hoodlum named Dumbo, who inability to speak neatly hides his cultured British dialect. Partially designed as a warning to "You, the Public" to avoid shady entrepreneurs like Gilin, Rubber Racketeers also succeeds as a purely as a rip-roaring actioner. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ricardo Cortez, Rochelle Hudson, (more)
- Director(s):
- Harold Young
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Synopsis of Rubber Racketeers
The fourth production from the enterprising King Brothers, Rubber Racketeers drew its inspiration from late-breaking headlines. When wartime rationing kicks in, rubber suddenly is at a premium, resulting in a brisk black market in bootlegged rubber tires. Patriotic defense plant worker Bill Barry (Bill Henry) rounds up his fellow workers to help stem the activities of hot-tire racketeer Gilin (Ricardo Cortez). In his American film debut, John Abbott plays a mute secondary hoodlum named Dumbo, who inability to speak neatly hides his cultured British dialect. Partially designed as a warning to "You, the Public" to avoid shady entrepreneurs like Gilin, Rubber Racketeers also succeeds as a purely as a rip-roaring actioner. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Rubber Racketeers
- Ricardo Cortez - Gilin
- Barbara Read - Mary Dale
- Dewey Robinson - Larkin
- Pat Gleason - Curley
- Alan Hale, Jr. - Red
- Kam Tong - Tom
- Marjorie Manners - Lila
- William Henry - Bill Barry
- Rochelle Hudson - Nikki
- Milburn Stone - Angel
- John Abbott - Dumbo
- Dick Rich - Mule
- Sam Edwards - Freddy Dale
- Dick Hogan - Bert
- Alex Callam - Butch
- Director(s):
- Harold Young
- Writer(s):
- Henry Blankfort
- Producer(s):
- Maurice King
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