The Gold Racket (1937) CRIME-NOIR

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8 жыл бұрын

Stars: Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt, Fuzzy Knight
Directors: Louis J. Gasnier
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.

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@stuart.8273 6 жыл бұрын

I have to say that this one is worth restoring to its former Noir glory. A terrific flick.

@captainvin9009 4 жыл бұрын

It should be restored to a dung heap asshole

@beegee1960 6 жыл бұрын

The couple at the amusement park at the beginning of the movie were really overdressed for a day at a park. But that is how people dressed for a day out back then. I remember going to the zoo one Sunday afternoon. We lived 50 miles away and our family car was an International pickup. Since there were 5 in our family, we kids rode in the back. Still, my sister and I wore our latest Easter dresses complete with hats and Sunday shoes. Today it’s shorts, T-shirts, and sneakers. I was about 10 years old at the time. And that was on into the early 50s.

@sydneyharrickey8323 6 жыл бұрын

olwe

@christorpher84 5 жыл бұрын

people are slobs today no class

@aspenrebel 4 жыл бұрын

5 in our family, I'm the youngster. Pics of older brothers and sisters when young, our father made them dress up. Boys in suits and ties and dress hats, girls in proper dresses, white gloves, hats. He trying to be the proper Boston Lawyer, which never really worked out. He finally gave up by the time I was old enough. But I dressed up for some events. Remember dressing in full black tux, as kid, for parents 25th Anniversary at some fancy restaurant in Boston. Also, father was ex WWII Navy Officer, so often went to Officer's Club for dinner at Navy Yard in Boston. Father later wore mismatched suit jacket and pants, or sportscoat to go to work, gave up on proper suits and hat.

@aspenrebel 4 жыл бұрын

@She'aShaunna Egling Sure you can judge a book by its cover, especially in CA, cuz you usually right.

@gregorypalmer5403 Жыл бұрын

Going through my Mom's papers recently I found a photo of she and me at the zoo in the 1950s and she is wearing a dress ! She looked great.

@leelarson107 3 жыл бұрын

Look at the street scenes and the open landscapes. If you go there today it's probably all Wal-Marts and housing tracts and freeways.

@virtualgrace251 5 жыл бұрын

Problems with the Mexican border and illegal smuggling. Then as now.

@lindarocco9974 3 жыл бұрын

@PizzaFlix thanks for posting this movie. I enjoyed the taxi driver's expressions very much.

@SuperIliad 4 жыл бұрын

The Gold Racket (1937), released 10 April 1937 (USA). Conrad Nagel as Alan O'Connor; Eleanor Hunt as Bobbie Reynolds; Fuzzy Knight as Scotty Summers; Frank Milan as Steve Williams; Jack Duffy as Hinkle; Albert J. Smith as Fraser; Warner as Richmond as Doc Johnson; Charles Delaney as Joe; Karl Hackett as Lefty; William L. Thorne as McKenzie; Edward LeSaint as FBI Agent Dixon; James Guilfoyle, Hot Dog Vendor; Fred Malatesta as Ricardo; Paul Weigel as Daniel Forbes, Assayer.

@keithharvey7230 3 ай бұрын

B movies can be more fun and entertaining than big budget movies.

@franzitaduz 5 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed the piano player, Fuzzy Knight! Sadly, it seems this was Hunt's last movie. She was a multi-talent. Real pity.

@leelarson107 3 жыл бұрын

Eleanor Hunt starred in 'Bank Alarm' in 1937, after this, and then in 'Stolen Paradise' in 1940.

@locouk 8 жыл бұрын

$35 an ounce of gold? That's a bargain, I'll take 1/2 a ton.

@charlesmitchell8516 6 жыл бұрын

I have to agree. He was stupid Dick on that one.

@deezynar 5 жыл бұрын

Factoring inflation, $35 back then was worth about $600 today. Fear of bad economic times, inflation / low value of the dollar, causes gold prices to go up, which explains its current value. The U.S. mint has been paying of U.S. debt by printing dollar bills that are only worth the ink and paper they are made of.

@leelarson107 3 жыл бұрын

Gold isn't worth anything UNTIL YOU TRY TO SELL IT. And what do you get in return? The same worthless currency you tried to avoid. It all comes down to the purchasing power of whatever you have in your hand. 'Wealth' from gold is illusory.

@donaldcampbell9219 4 ай бұрын

Ha!

@charlesmitchell8516 6 жыл бұрын

I love those old cars. They could take a beating. Now if a pigeon drops on one, it's time for the bodyshop.

@brendadavis7506 3 жыл бұрын

Charles Mitchell, how funny and so so true

@leelarson107 3 жыл бұрын

My 2005 Chevy Suburban rides like a limo compared to my old 1980 Lincoln Continental. And they're both junk compared to the older cars when they had real frames, real bumpers, real bodies, and were worth maintaining. The cars of today won't be worth hundreds of thousands like the classic cars are.

@nomadpi1 6 ай бұрын

Easy to repair. The only thing I'd change today is A/C.

@waderaney7 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent ☺

@nomadpi1 6 ай бұрын

B movie - set to fill second slot in a double feature, bargain night at the Ritz or Okla theaters. When I went to them, popcorn was 5 cents a bag, drinks were 5 cents, candy bars were 5 cents and it cost me a dime to get into the movie. No tv then.

@SuperIliad 4 жыл бұрын

Jack Duffy (Hinkle) was only 54 when he played an old geezer in The Gold Racket. In vaudeville, he’d been playing old men since he was in his twenties. He made one more picture and died in 1939 at the age of 56.

@SuperIliad 3 жыл бұрын

@@chirelle.alanalooney8609 Mack Hogan was played by Frank Jenks, one of favorite boyhood character actors.

@SuperIliad 3 жыл бұрын

@@chirelle.alanalooney8609 Happy to add to your golden cinema knowledge.

@SuperIliad 3 жыл бұрын

@@chirelle.alanalooney8609 I will check.

@SuperIliad 3 жыл бұрын

@@chirelle.alanalooney8609 Eleanor Hunt (1910-1981): You may have seen her before; although I’m thinking you have her confused with someone else. Her movie credits ran from 1930 and Whoopee! to 1940 and Stolen Paradise. Eleanor never performed on TV. Her malleable appearance and hair-color changes gave her varying appearance which may account for a physical resemblance to another. Maye you’re thinking of Helen Hunt.

@keithharvey7230 3 ай бұрын

I still look on Frank as a favourite uncle.@@SuperIliad

@90FF1 4 ай бұрын

Good on PF. 🙂Cops of the day - bang bag, you're dead. No paperwork. No complaints. Fun flick.

@SuperIliad 4 жыл бұрын

The Gold Racket, released 10 April 1937 (USA). Conrad Nagel as Alan O'Connor, Eleanor Hunt as Bobbie Reynolds; Fuzzy Knight as Scotty Summers; Frank Milan as Steve Williams; Jack Duffy as Hinkle; Albert J. Smith as Fraser; Warner Richmond as Doc Johnson; Charles Delaney as Joe; Karl Hackett as Lefty; William L. Thorne as McKenzie; Edward LeSaint as FBI Agent Dixon; James Guilfoyle, Hot Dog Vendor; Fred Malatesta as Ricardo; Paul Weigel as Daniel Forbes (Assayer).

@leelarson107 3 жыл бұрын

Warner Richmond (Doc Johnson in the film) was also a Doctor in 'Strangers Of the Evening' in 1932.

@rosalindayoung7269 4 жыл бұрын

Casket sharp on a day at the fair but that's how folks dressed back then, always on point

@charlesmitchell917 4 жыл бұрын

The one hood in the gunfight 13 mins plus played in a lot of westerns.

@6or1 7 жыл бұрын

Nothing like setting price controls, then controlling the supply once you have set the price. Whoever fixed the price and controlled the supply was the real racketeer.

@leelarson107 3 жыл бұрын

A very astute observation. We are being manipulated like rats in a lab experiment.

@leelarson107 2 жыл бұрын

The rationing during WW II was a HOAX. There was plenty of everything, but it was doled out in small amounts to CONTROL the public. There have been 'shortages' in the US since then when there was plenty of everything. It's all about CONTROL. Once the gov't----or whomever----gets you used to high prices, there will be plenty of anything you want.

@nomadpi1 6 ай бұрын

FDR was the price setter.

@waderaney7 6 жыл бұрын

Grand National are the best !!

@falconvisionuav 4 ай бұрын

I still get dressed like I’m supposed to when going in public. I dress down if I’m doing something that I need to take care like getting dirty or sweating. It’s the civil thing to do.

@keithharvey7230 3 ай бұрын

I dont understand the beginning with two cars crashing at once.

@pamlatham5851 7 жыл бұрын

I love utube

@taylorharbin3948 4 жыл бұрын

What is the device Conrad Nagel is using at 13:52? It looks like a cigarette case with a built-in lighter. Never heard of anything like it.

@taylorharbin3948 3 жыл бұрын

Found it! It's a Ronson Mastercase lighter; a cigarette lighter and case all in one!

@leelarson107 3 жыл бұрын

I looked that up on the Internet, but I don't see anything that looks like this one. Do you have a style name or a model number?

@nomadpi1 6 ай бұрын

Very common, I had one in the 1960s.

@donaldcampbell9219 4 ай бұрын

Broken down mama.

@athensr1103 2 жыл бұрын

Can you record / upload your movies in a higher volume ? The sound on a lot of your films is low on my computer , even tho all my settings are on full volume.

@aspenrebel 4 жыл бұрын

$35 per oz for Gold? What is it now?

@leelarson107 3 жыл бұрын

'If you have to ask the price, you probably can't afford it anyway.'

@robertwalker5521 2 жыл бұрын

$1,800....approx.That is fifty times more.

@aspenrebel 2 жыл бұрын

@@robertwalker5521 yikes!! I'm going to go prospect for gold then.

@aspenrebel 4 жыл бұрын

Sign in ASSAYER's shop "Highest Prices Paid for Old Gold & Silver". Is there such a thing as "Old Gold"? Is there a difference between "Old Gold" and "New Gold"?

@mercureethepersonality4671 4 жыл бұрын

aspenrebel yes

@aspenrebel 4 жыл бұрын

@@mercureethepersonality4671 Gold IS Gold!!

@leelarson107 2 жыл бұрын

'Old Gold' is a term used for a darker and deeper tone. That tone is caused by either tarnish (all metals will tarnish sooner or later) or an admixture of some impurity. Gold-is-still-Gold.

@aspenrebel 2 жыл бұрын

@@leelarson107 That's like is there a difference between white eggs and Brown eggs.

@nomadpi1 6 ай бұрын

Old gold was scrap gole. Pieces of jewelry, cuff links, plaques, etc.

@danielraymadden Жыл бұрын

The piano playing and dance was torturous miserable...they should have hired the true artist...Ragtime and Swing...The caddy piano player played a cheesy erpy creepy character...he did not belong in this movie...fire the director....

@nomadpi1 6 ай бұрын

Fuzzy Knight was a contract player and the script writer had this character in the script...so, Knight was put into the film for contract reasons - I'll bet the character was supposed to be what you'd find in a dive...what would you expect?

@leelarson107 2 жыл бұрын

I see they removed my Comment. But I still don't care for Fuzzy Knight's 'singing' and piano-banging.