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Racket Girls
Directed byRobert C. Dertano
Written byRobert C. Dertano
Produced byGeorge Weiss
StarringPeaches Page
Timothy Farrell
Clara Mortenson
Rita Martinez
CinematographyWilliam C. Thompson
Distributed byScreen Classics
Release date
1951
Running time
70 mins
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Racket Girls (also called Blonde Pickup and Pin Down Girls) is an American crime film, directed by Robert C. Dertano, released in 1951 by Screen Classics

Plot synopsis

Umberto Scalli (Timothy Farrell) is a gangster who acts as a manager for women's wrestling in order to cover his involvement in many crime rings, including racketeering, bookmaking, and prostitution. He must dodge both police investigations and the local mob, which he owes $35,000. Real life wrestlers Peaches Page and Rita Martinez play themselves.

Spoof

The film was mocked on Mystery Science Theater 3000 on November 26, 1994.

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