Racket Girls
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Plot
Umberto Scalli (Timothy Farrell) is a small-time gangster who acts as a manager for women's wrestling in order to cover his involvement in many crime rings, including racketeering, bookmaking, and prostitution. He must dodge both police investigations and the local mob, to which he owes $35,000.
Cast
Real life wrestlers Peaches Page and Rita Martinez, as well as former world champion Clara Mortensen, play fictional versions of themselves.
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- Peaches Page as Peaches Page
- Timothy Farrell as Umberto Scalli
- Clara Mortensen as Clara Mortensen, world champion
- Rita Martínez as Rita Martinez, champion of Mexico
- Muriel Gardner as Ruby McKenzie
- Don Ferrara as Joe the Jockey
- Matt Douglas as Ronnie, a mobster
- Paul Merton as Monk, a book-keeper
- Bruce Spencer as Eddie, a gangster
- Tony Zarro as Lefty, a mobster
- Mary Jean Walker as Jackie, a bookie
- William Lamont as Senate investigator
- Phil Bernard as Mr. Big, the gang leader
- Jimmy Lennon Sr. as Jimmy Lennon
- Phil Solomon as Phil Solomon, a referee
Production
The film was produced by George Weiss and Arena Productions, a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-based company headed by Norman Felton.[1]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Derived works
The film was the subject of a 1994 episode of the sixth season of the movie-mocking show Mystery Science Theater 3000.[2]
References
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External links
- Script error: No such module "If empty". at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:WikidataCheck
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- American crime drama films
- 1951 films
- 1951 crime drama films
- American black-and-white films
- 1950s English-language films
- American independent films
- 1950s exploitation films
- Women's professional wrestling films
- 1951 independent films
- 1950s American films
- English-language crime drama films
- English-language independent films
- Mystery Science Theater 3000