Madame Racketeer (1932)
Overview
International con artist Martha Hicks a.k.a. Countess von Claudwig is released from another stay in prison and decides to treat her rheumatism with a stay at her estranged husband's hotel at a Wisconsin spa. There undercover, she checks in on the two daughters she abandoned as infants.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.242 |
Directed By
Alexander Hall
Harry Wagstaff Gribble
Crew
Alexander Hall
Harry Wagstaff Gribble
Harry Wagstaff Gribble
Harvey Gates
Malcolm Stuart Boylan
TOP CAST
Alison Skipworth
Countess von Claudwig / Martha Hicks
Richard Bennett
Elmer Hicks
George Raft
Jack Houston
John Breeden
David Butterworth
Evalyn Knapp
Alice Hicks
Gertrude Messinger
Patsy Hicks
Robert McWade
James Butterworth
J. Farrell MacDonald
John Adams
Oscar Apfel
J. Harrington Hagney
Jessie Arnold
Frankie
Irving Bacon
Gus, the Desk Clerk
George Barbier
Warden George Waddell
Frank Beal
Appleby - Bank Director
Bonita
Bit Role
Ed Brady
Taxi Driver
Rita Carlyle
Inquisitive convict
Anna Chandler
Stella
Winter Hall
Minister
Arthur Raymond Hill
Shanks
Robert Homans
Chief of Police
Arthur Hoyt
Shiffem
William Humphrey
Bank Director
Alfred P. James
Bank Director
Edgar Lewis
Bank Director
Kate Morgan
Maxine
Nellie V. Nichols
Bit Role
Edward Peil Sr.
Train Passenger
Scott Seaton
Bank Director
Cora Shumway
Matron
Oscar Smith
Train Porter
Walter Walker
Arthur Gregory
Eleanor Wesselhoeft
Mrs. Donkenspeil
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