
Madame Racketeer
Comedy
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Alison Skipworth
Alison Skipworth
Countess von Claudwig / Martha Hicks
Alison Skipworth
Countess von Claudwig / Martha Hicks


Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett
Elmer Hicks
Richard Bennett
Elmer Hicks


George Raft
George Raft
Jack Houston
George Raft
Jack Houston


John Breeden
John Breeden
David Butterworth
John Breeden
David Butterworth


Evalyn Knapp
Evalyn Knapp
Alice Hicks
Evalyn Knapp
Alice Hicks


Gertrude Messinger
Gertrude Messinger
Patsy Hicks
Gertrude Messinger
Patsy Hicks


Robert McWade
Robert McWade
James Butterworth
Robert McWade
James Butterworth


J. Farrell MacDonald
J. Farrell MacDonald
John Adams
J. Farrell MacDonald
John Adams


Oscar Apfel
Oscar Apfel
J. Harrington Hagney
Oscar Apfel
J. Harrington Hagney


Jessie Arnold
Jessie Arnold
Frankie
Jessie Arnold
Frankie
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