Dance Hall Racket

Dance Hall Racket
Directed by	Phil Tucker
Produced by	George Weiss
Screenplay by	Lenny Bruce
Starring	Timothy Farrell Lenny Bruce Bernie Jones
Music by	Charles Ruddy
Cinematography	W. Merle Connell
Edited by	Adrian Weiss
Release date	1953
Country	United States
Language	English

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.

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.

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

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