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Love Is a Racket
Love Is a Racket

Love Is a Racket

He puts the unfair sex on the spot

Genres

CrimeDramaRomance

OverView

A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue who's beholden to a penthouse gangster.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

71 mins

Rating

5.6/10

Release Date

18 June 1932

Country

United States of America

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

James 'Jimmy' Russell

Ann Dvorak

Ann Dvorak

Sally Condon

Frances Dee

Frances Dee

Mary Wodehouse

Lee Tracy

Lee Tracy

Stanley Fiske

Lyle Talbot

Lyle Talbot

Edward Griswold 'Eddie' Shaw

Warren Hymer

Warren Hymer

Burney Olds

André Luguet

André Luguet

Max Boncour

Cecil Cunningham

Cecil Cunningham

Aunt Hattie Donovan

Polly Walters

Polly Walters

Betty, Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

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