Shakedown

Shakedown

55 mins | Drama, Crime, Action | July 17, 1936

A struggling young engineer, Bob Sanderson, refuses to marry the very-rich Edith Stuart until he can support her on his own earnings. He goes to work for her father as a messenger in the telegraph business, and, via his engineering skills, discovers a plot to kidnap Edith.

Shakedown

55 mins | Drama, Crime, Action | July 17, 1936

Shakedown
A struggling young engineer, Bob Sanderson, refuses to marry the very-rich Edith Stuart until he can support her on his own earnings. He goes to work for her father as a messenger in the telegraph business, and, via his engineering skills, discovers a plot to kidnap Edith.
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Shakedown
Directors David Selman
Writers Harry Shipman, Grace Neville

Cast

Lew Ayres

as Bob Sanderson

Joan Perry

as Edith Stuart

Thurston Hall

as T. Gregory Stuart

Victor Kilian

as Caretaker

Henry Mollison

as Ralph Gurney

John Gallaudet

as Hawsley

Gene Morgan

as Presto Mullins

George McKay

as Spud

Wyrley Birch

as Mr. Morrison

Wade Boteler

as Captain of Detectives

Maurice Brierre

as Waiter

Frank Bull

as Police Broadcaster

Bobby Burns

as Pawnbroker (uncredited)

Edmund Cobb

as Cop (uncredited)

Helen Dickson

as Wife in Cafe (uncredited)

Jack Dougherty

as Detective (uncredited)

George B. French

as Husband in Cafe (uncredited)

William Gould

as Lieutenant (uncredited)

Harry Hollingsworth

as Cop (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten

as Butler (uncredited)

Edward LeSaint

as Stuart's Attorney (uncredited)

Arthur Loft

as Editor (uncredited)

Murdock MacQuarrie

as Attendant (uncredited)

Ralph McCullough

as Dispatcher (uncredited)

George Offerman, Jr.

as Pat O'Roarke

Albert Pollet

as Head Waiter (uncredited)

Lee Prather

as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Hal Price

as Cop (uncredited)

Lee Shumway

as Detective (uncredited)

Bruce Mitchell

as Plainclothes Man (uncredited)