Juke Box Racket

Juke Box Racket

★ 6.5IMDb Score
Released:1960-05-01
Duration:61 min
Director:George Barris, Jim Geallis
Actors:Steve Karmen, Arlene Corwin, Lou Anne Lee, Beverly Nazarow, Seymour Cassel
Production:J.B. Productions

Overview:

Mario, a gangster, takes the fifth amendment when being questioned by the Senate Sub Committee on his connection with racketeering within the juke box industry. While in a small New Jersey town, teenagers Bob, Judy, Ginger, Seymour and Betty go to the train station to pick up Judy's cousin-from-Tennessee, Lulubelle . They take her to their local hangout, a pizzeria called "Mom & Pops", a broken down place ran by a couple named Mom and Pop.

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