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Shakedown

CrimeDramaFilm-NoirApproved

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

Duration

1h 20m

Release

1 Sept 1950

Country

United States

Language

English

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.

Plot

Unscrupulous and opportunistic San Francisco news media photographer Jack Early steps on and uses folks to get ahead, but in the end he tangles with the wrong people.

Cast

Howard DuffPeggy DowBrian Donlevy

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 7.1/10

Details

Director

Joseph Pevney

Writers

Martin GoldsmithAlfred Lewis LevittDon Martin
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