The Divorce Racket

The Divorce Racket
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Directed by	Aubrey Scotto
Written by	James W. Poling
Produced by	E.H. Goldstein
Starring	James Rennie Olive Borden Judith Wood
Cinematography	William Miller Frank Zucker
Edited by	Edna Hill
Production company	Paradise Pictures
Distributed by	Ideal Pictures
Release date	December 3, 1932 (1932-12-03)
Running time	66 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Divorce Racket is a 1932 American crime drama film directed by Aubrey Scotto and starring James Rennie, Olive Borden and Judith Wood. It is now considered to be a lost film.^[1] It was produced by the independent Poverty Row studio Paradise Pictures and was given a re-release by Ideal Pictures in 1935.^[2] In Britain it was distributed under the alternative title The Girl in the Cab.

When a crooked lawyer is found murdered, his secretary is implicated in the case. The investigating detective is in love with her and tries to clear her name.

• James Rennie as Detective Malcom 'Duke' Ayres
• Olive Borden as Marie Douglas
• Judith Wood as Helen Travers / Paula Murdock
• Wilfred Jessop as Valet
• Harry Tyler as John Hamilton
• Adrian Rosley as Tony, Window Washer
• Charles Eaton as Carl Travers
• Joseph Calleia as Stephen Arnaud
• Walter Fenner as Miguel Cordoba
• Harry Short as Sulk

• Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.
• Vogel, Michelle. Olive Borden: The Life and Films of Hollywood's "Joy Girl". McFarland, 2010.

• The Divorce Racket at IMDb

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