Dance Hall Racket

Dance Hall Racket
Directed by Phil Tucker
Produced by George Weiss
Screenplay by Lenny Bruce
Starring Timothy Farrell
Lenny Bruce
Bernie Jones
Music by Charles Ruddy
Cinematography W. Merle Connell
Edited by Adrian Weiss
Release dates
1953
Country United States
Language English

Dance Hall Racket is a 1953 American film directed by Phil Tucker starring Lenny Bruce (who also wrote the script) and his wife Honey Harlow.[1]

Plot

A gangster who operates a sleazy dance hall uses a sadistic bodyguard to keep his girls afraid and his customers in line. A merchant marine seaman is found murdered and suspicion falls upon the operator of a dime-a-dance honky tonk joint. A federal undercover agent is planted in the place to gather evidence, and he soon learns that the dive is only a cover-up for diamond-smuggling activities, and that one of the operation's henchmen, who is handy with a switch-blade knife, is the killer. Before they can be arrested, the henchman kills his boss and is shot while trying to escape.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music Department Sanford H. Dickinson ... music consultant (as Sandford H. Dickinson) Charles Ruddy ... musical director (uncredited)

References

  1. Honey Bruce Friedman, 78, Entertainer and 'Lenny's Shady Lady' Fox, Margalit. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 20 Sep 2005: A27.

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