The Racket
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- For the 1951 remake see The Racket (1951 movie)'
The Racket (1928) was one of the first films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture (then called "Best Picture, Production") in 1927. The movie was written by Eddie Adams (titles), Del Andrews, Harry Behn, Bartlett Cormack (adaptation) and Bartlett Cormack (play), and directed by Lewis Milestone.
The movie is a crime drama starring Thomas Meighan, Marie Prevost, Louis Wolheim, and George E. Stone. Only one copy of the film is known to exist.
The film was long thought lost before being located in Howard Hughes' film collection after his death. A print was shepherded by Dr. Hart Wegner of the UNLV film for restoration by Jeffrey Masino, along with another "lost" Hughes-produced film, Two Arabian Knights. Later, Turner Classic Movies broadcast both films, their first showings in decades.
The film was banned in Chicago, Illinois.