Racket Busters

Another in the series of quick low-budget gangster pictures that Warner Bros. trapped an unhappy Bogart into during the late 1930s; this one turned out better than most. Set in New York City, Bogart plays a powerful crime kingpin who's forcing truckers to pay him protection. Brent, a young truck driver whose wife, Dickson, is about to give birth to their first child, isn't easily intimidated and refuses to capitulate. Together with his partner Jenkins, Brent tries to set an example for the other truckers, incurring the wrath of Bogart and his goons. Meanwhile, Abel, a crusading young lawyer, is picked by the district attorney as a special prosecutor whose main duty...