Shakedown (1950)
His camera Was More Deadly Than A Gangster's Gun!
80 min
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.
- Release date
- September 1, 1950
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Howard Duff as Jack Early
- Peggy Dow as Ellen Bennett
- Brian Donlevy as Nick Palmer
- Lawrence Tierney as Harry Colton
- Bruce Bennett as David Glover
- Anne Vernon as Nita Palmer
- Stapleton Kent as City Editor
- Peter Virgo as Roy
- Charles Sherlock as Sam
- Elsie Baker as Palmer's Maid
Crew
- Joseph Pevney · Director
- Alfred Lewis Levitt · Writer
- Martin Goldsmith · Writer
- Nat Dallinger · Writer
- Don Martin · Writer
- Ted Richmond · Producer
- Irving Glassberg · Cinematographer
- Milton Carruth · Editor