Movies and TvShows featuring "numbers-racket" theme.
When the disappearance of a young girl grips the city of Baltimore in 1966, the lives of two women converge on a fatal collision course.
The story of how on the night of Ali’s defeat of Jerry Quarry, which came after he was banned from boxing for refusing to enter the military draft, hundreds of guests at an after-party were robbed at gunpoint, becoming one of the largest armed robberies the country has ever seen.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In a city filled with corruption and deceit, a poker-playing World War Two veteran seeks vengeance against his brother's murderer. As he delves deeper into the world of gambling and deception, he uncovers a web of deceit that leads him to a dangerous game of cat and mouse.
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.
After being released from prison, a former criminal tries to lead an honest life but struggles to escape his past.
A Treasury agent gains the trust of a mob gunman while working under cover to smash a crime syndicate.
An educated, upscale young black musician marries a woman from a lower socioeconomic class to get her out of the clutches of her stepfather.
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 reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious gangster behind bars.
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 gangster rises to power in the criminal underworld but his jealousy and paranoia lead to his downfall.
The owner of a shoe polish company sponsors a radio show that showcases black performers. Since his wife's father put up the money to be the sponsor, she insists on singing on the show. She goes on after the main star, singer Nina Mae McKinney. The wife sings so badly that the sponsor's customers abandon him. He is forced to shine shoes on street corners, while Nina Mae and her boyfriend win a bet on a daily number and end up on easy street.
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.
The untold story of the other boss of Chicago, the King of Policy Kings, a man who held too much power and wealth during segregation.
In 1950s Harlem a vicious Italian gangster (Frank deKova) tries to muscle in on a black racketeer's (Paul Harris) numbers game.
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.