Shakedown

Shakedown

1950
1h 20m
6.2

6.2/10

22 votes • View on IMDb
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.

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Production Information

Production Companies
Universal International Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

infidelity robbery san francisco, california photographer gangster despair blackmail seduction opportunist film noir murder mobster extortion black and white photograph newspaper man

Quick Facts

Release Date September 1, 1950
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0042953

Cast

Howard Duff
Howard Duff

Jack Early

Brian Donlevy
Brian Donlevy

Nick Palmer

Peggy Dow
Peggy Dow

Ellen Bennett

Lawrence Tierney
Lawrence Tierney

Harry Colton

Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett

David Glover

Anne Vernon
Anne Vernon

Nita Palmer

Jack Reitzen
Jack Reitzen

Joe Downing

Peter Virgo
Peter Virgo

Roy

Charles Sherlock
Charles Sherlock

Sam

Elsie Baker
Elsie Baker

Palmer's Maid (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks
Ralph Brooks

Photographer (uncredited)

Douglas Carter
Douglas Carter

Photographer (uncredited)

Key Crew

Joseph Pevney
Director
Ted Richmond
Producer
Alfred Lewis Levitt
Screenplay
Martin Goldsmith
Screenplay