In 1952, a reporter who covered Kefauver’s organized crime hearings penned a movie script. People who watched the hearings might have found it a bit… familiar.
The organized crime probe wasn’t the only Kefauver investigation to spawn a movie. There was also a movie inspired by his juvenile delinquency investigation. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a good movie.
“The Racket” was a remake of a ’20s movie about Al Capone. With the Kefauver crime hearings captivating America, the producers tried to tweak it in order to ride that popular wave… to the point of offering a role to Kefauver himself.
A Humphrey Bogart movie about the mob came out while the Kefauver organized crime hearings were sweeping the nation. So why not…. get Kefauver to put in an appearance?
For once, a take on the Kefauver crime hearings from a major studio with a star-studded cast. But did they make the hero a bit too heroic?
In 1952, a reporter who covered Kefauver’s organized crime hearings penned a movie script. People who watched the hearings might have found it a bit… familiar.
The organized crime probe wasn’t the only Kefauver investigation to spawn a movie. There was also a movie inspired by his juvenile delinquency investigation. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a good movie.
“The Racket” was a remake of a ’20s movie about Al Capone. With the Kefauver crime hearings captivating America, the producers tried to tweak it in order to ride that popular wave… to the point of offering a role to Kefauver himself.
A Humphrey Bogart movie about the mob came out while the Kefauver organized crime hearings were sweeping the nation. So why not…. get Kefauver to put in an appearance?
A look at a 1952 movie inspired by the Kefauver Committee organized crime hearings… featuring an appearance from the Senator himself.
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