Shakedown

Shakedown

80 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Sept. 1, 1950

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.

Shakedown

80 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Sept. 1, 1950

Shakedown
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Universal International Pictures
Original title Shakedown
Directors Pat Betz, Joseph E. Kenney, George Lollier, Joseph Pevney
Writers Nat Dallinger, Alfred Lewis Levitt, Don Martin, Martin Goldsmith

Cast

Howard Duff

as Jack Early

Brian Donlevy

as Nick Palmer

Peggy Dow

as Ellen Bennett

Lawrence Tierney

as Colton

Bruce Bennett

as David Glover

Anne Vernon

as Nita Palmer

Stapleton Kent

as City Editor

Peter Virgo

as Roy