Movies and TvShows featuring "numbers-racket" theme.
The Cotton Club is a famous New York City nightclub in the 1920s and 1930s. It tells the story of a young musician named Dixie Dwyer who gets involved with the mob and falls in love with a singer named Vera Cicero. The club becomes a hot spot for jazz and attracts many famous musicians of the time. However, racial tensions and mob wars threaten to tear the club apart.
Insurance investigator Reardon is hired by a man who feels unjustly accused of his wife's murder. As he investigates the case, he becomes entangled with a mysterious femme fatale and uncovers a web of betrayal and deceit.
Force of Evil tells the story of an accountant caught in the middle of a battle between two brothers, one involved in a corrupt numbers racket and the other a lawyer with moral principles. Set in Manhattan during the 1940s, the film explores themes of honesty, corruption, and the consequences of one's choices. The main character's claustrophobia and his relationships with a male police officer and a secretary add depth to the narrative.
After being released from prison, a former criminal tries to lead an honest life but struggles to escape his past.
In Shaft's Big Score!, private eye John Shaft is caught in a web of deception and violence as he investigates the murder of a friend and hunts down the criminal mastermind behind it. With high-stakes gambling, explosive boat chases, and a shootout in the streets of New York City, Shaft's Big Score! is a thrilling and gritty tale of justice and revenge.
The Undercover Man follows an IRS agent as he infiltrates a crime syndicate that is involved in various illegal activities such as a numbers racket. He faces numerous challenges and dangers as he gathers evidence and tries to bring down the mob boss. Along the way, he forms relationships with a chorus girl and a grandmother-granddaughter duo. The film explores the complexities of the undercover operation, the corruption within the police department, and the sacrifices made to uncover the truth.
A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious gangster behind bars.
Virtue is a crime drama set in the Prohibition era of New York City. The story follows a defense attorney who gets involved with a street prostitute and becomes entangled in a web of deception, murder, and corruption. As he fights for justice and tries to prove the innocence of his client, he must navigate the dangerous underworld of gangsters and corrupt police. Will he be able to uncover the truth and bring the real culprits to justice?
A gangster rises to power in the criminal underworld but his jealousy and paranoia lead to his downfall.
It's a deadly play for power when a Mafia chieftain's top gun goes straight and threatens to testify against the big boss and his cruel, nationwide network of crime. The picture, which was shot in a semi-documentary style, was inspired by the Kefauver investigations of 1950-51.
A Treasury agent gains the trust of a mob gunman while working under cover to smash a crime syndicate.
An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders.
A gambling boss is pressured by the law and press when a crusade is started against him after one of his collectors becomes a killer.
A duped bride joins a bookie in love and crime.
The policy-racket reaches it lean, bony fingers into the ivy-towers of a large university and the underworld trying to “beat the numbers-racket” with applied mathematics. One of the professors, Tom Barry is murdered in the Dean’s office.
After the death of her husband, a widowed mother in 1950s Chicago fights to make a living and raise her son in a tough neighborhood filled with crime, drugs, and poverty. She navigates relationships with various characters, including a former judge, a newspaper vendor, a lounge singer, and a taxi driver. As her son grows up, she must protect him from the dangers of the streets and confront her own personal demons.
Zack Homer takes over managing the barbershop after Joe is killed for trying to rip off his "investor", Mr. Lovejoy. All Zack wants to do is run a traditional barbershop giving traditional haircuts, but modern styles have passed him by and business is slow. One evening, Mr. Lovejoy shows up to offer Zack the same deal he gave to Joe. It could turn his business around, but what will he have to give in return?
In 1950s Harlem a vicious Italian gangster (Frank deKova) tries to muscle in on a black racketeer's (Paul Harris) numbers game.
A young black doctor sets out to establish a free clinic in Harlem.
An educated, upscale young black musician marries a woman from a lower socioeconomic class to get her out of the clutches of her stepfather.