The Gold Racket (1937)

40% User Rating

1h 6min

"...A FEARLESS FEDERAL AGENT TRAILS A RUTHLESS GANG OF GOLD SMUGGLERS!"

At the request of the Mexican government, a federal agent and a lady reporter team up to catch a gang that has been smuggling gold from Mexico to the U.S. and then selling it to the U.S. government.

Joseph H. LewisDirector

Cast

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Conrad Nagel

Alan O'Connor

Eleanor Hunt

Bobbie Reynolds

Frank Milan

Steve Williams

Warner Richmond

Doc Johnson

Fuzzy Knight

Scotty Summers

William L. Thorne

McKenzie

Albert J. Smith

Fraser

Charles Delaney

Joe

Karl Hackett

Lefty

Edward LeSaint

FBI Agent Dixon

Jack Duffy

Hinkle

Fred Malatesta

Senor Ricardo

Paul Weigel

Daniel Forbes

James Guilfoyle

Hotdog Stand Proprietor

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CinemaSerf

Rating 50%

June 20, 2022

Very much in the vein (no pun intended) of "Yellow Cargo" (1936), this pitches G-man Conrad Nagel ("O'Connor") and annoying newspaper girl "Bobbie" (Eleanor Hunt) on a hunt to stop gold smugglers on the US-Mexican border after two of his predecessors are killed. In almost Holmesian fashion, he manages to trace tiny fragments of the precious metal back to a remote Mexican mine. Off he sets, inveigles himself with the local bar manager, sends for his sidekick to provide the cabaret and is soon on the trail of the ruthless gang. When "Bobbie" is taken captive - the race is on (just leave her, I say...)! It's not a bad story, it is just very formulaic with little jeopardy, a pretty lacklustre script and some crooning (the songs written by Fuzzy Knight who features here as "Scotty") that does little to liven it up. Kills an hour...like a garrotte...