Madame Racketeer
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International con artist Martha Hicks a.k.a. Countess von Claudwig is released from another stay in prison and decides to treat her rheumatism with a stay at her estranged husband's hotel at a Wisconsin spa. There undercover, she checks in on the two daughters she abandoned as infants.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1932-07-23
Runtime: 72 mins
Director: Harry Wagstaff Gribble, Alexander Hall
Writer: Malcolm Stuart Boylan, Harvey Gates
Spoken language: English
Genres: Comedy
Original title: Madame Racketeer
Production Companies:
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Alison Skipworth
Richard Bennett
George Raft
John Breeden
Evalyn Knapp
Gertrude Messinger
Robert McWade
J. Farrell MacDonald
Oscar Apfel
Jessie Arnold
Irving Bacon
George Barbier
Frank Beal
Bonita
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