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Dance Hall Racket
Lenny Bruce as Vincent
Directed byPhil Tucker
Screenplay byLenny Bruce
Produced byGeorge Weiss
StarringTimothy Farrell
Lenny Bruce
Bernie Jones
CinematographyW. Merle Connell
Edited byAdrian Weiss
Music byCharles Ruddy
Production
company
Release date
1953
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Dance Hall Racket is a 1953 American film directed by Phil Tucker starring Lenny Bruce (who also wrote the script) and his wife Honey Harlow.[1]

Plot

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A gangster who operates a sleazy dance hall uses a sadistic bodyguard to keep his girls afraid and his customers in line. A merchant marine seaman is found murdered and suspicion falls upon the operator of a dime-a-dance honky tonk joint. A federal undercover agent is planted in the place to gather evidence, and he soon learns that the dive is only a cover-up for diamond-smuggling activities, and that one of the operation's henchmen, who is handy with a switch-blade knife, is the killer. Before they can be arrested, the henchman kills his boss and is shot while trying to escape.

Cast

Honey Harlow as Rose

Soundtrack

Music Department Sanford H. Dickinson ... music consultant (as Sandford H. Dickinson) Charles Ruddy ... musical director (uncredited)

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References

  1. ^ Fox, Margalit (Sep 20, 2005). "Honey Bruce Friedman, 78, Entertainer and 'Lenny's Shady Lady'". New York Times. p. A27.

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Films directed by Phil Tucker
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