Racket Busters 1938. Humphrey Bogart, George Brent, Gloria Dickson.
New York City crime kingpin John Martin (Humphrey Bogart) and his men terrorize local truckers into working for them, but young, self-employed driver Denny Jordan (George Brent) manages to fend off the gangsters. Eventually, Martin's thugs bully Denny's pregnant wife and destroy his business, and the desperate trucker commits a robbery in order to make ends meet. But the mobsters know about the crime, so they blackmail Denny into joining the racket, and he finds himself mixed up in a murder.