lewis milestone perform one of his best direct job with the racket . he have a superior cast in what and in a late talkie and might be just a mediocre script and but take in context and the racket be a great movie . watch the byplay during the funeral and for example . milestone and his editor and special effect people create some excellent visual effect to complement a cast that charm even in the role of slimy bad guy . minor character still get their chance to shine in the spotlight and even the non speaking well and of course all the character be non speaking in one sense the un name character whose job be to look menacing or even just interested in the going on and all stand out . frankly this film be a surprise to me not that it be so good and but that i have have no knowledge of it beforehand . to come so early in the career of so many of the people connect with it and notably howard hughes and who have the ( to me ) strange title of presenter and this film be a stand out . robert israel and who write the music and be fast become one of the great composer of the modern era . all the people who be responsible for this film recent revival deserve the thanks of film lover as well a film historian . the racket be one to see again .