The Racketeer

Rhoda Philbrooke (Carole Lombard) makes a deal with the devil in the form of a slick-talking NYC mob mogul Mahlon Keane (Robert Armstrong). Mahlon and Rhoda are worlds apart as she is a one-time society maven who is out of money and out of luck, and he is a crime lord who has the criminal underworld at his beck and call. After the two become acquainted in a chance meeting, Mahlon offers Rhoda a proposal. If she agrees to marry him, he'll give her the money she needs to help down-and-out concert pianist Tony Vaughan (Roland Drew) return to the stage. Complications arise on the eve of Rhoda and Mahlon's wedding, however, when the piano player confesses his love for the bride - a love that she returns... (texte officiel du distributeur)