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Shakedown

His camera Was More Deadly Than A Gangster's Gun!
Sep 1, 1950 · 1h 20m
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Crime
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Thriller

PLOT

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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CAST

Howard Duff
Jack Early
Brian Donlevy
Nick Palmer
Peggy Dow
Ellen Bennett
Lawrence Tierney
Harry Colton
Bruce Bennett
David Glover
Anne Vernon
Nita Palmer
Jack Reitzen
Joe Downing
Peter Virgo
Roy
Directed by Joseph Pevney

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
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Production
Universal International Pictures
Country
US

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