Shakedown (1950)

09/01/1950 (US) • 1h 20m

Crime, Drama, Thriller

His camera Was More Deadly Than A Gangster's Gun!

Overview

Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the success ladder. On the strength of his sheer tenacity, he gets a job with a major newspaper, and it's not long before he's made a name for himself by charming a notorious crime boss, Nick Palmer, into allowing himself to be photographed. Palmer takes him under his wing, but Early decides to bite the hand that feeds him and sets Palmer and another crime boss, Colton, against one another.

Top Billed Cast

Howard Duff

Jack Early

Brian Donlevy

Nick Palmer

Peggy Dow

Ellen Bennett

Lawrence Tierney

Harry Colton

Bruce Bennett

David Glover

Anne Vernon

Nita Palmer

Jack Reitzen

Joe Downing


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

infidelity

robbery

san francisco, california

photographer

gangster

despair

blackmail

seduction

opportunist

film noir

murder

mobster

extortion

photograph

newspaper man

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