Shakedown( 1950)

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

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.

Top Billed 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
Charles Sherlock
Sam
Elsie Baker
Palmer's Maid (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Photographer (uncredited)
Douglas Carter
Photographer (uncredited)
Peggie Castle
Coat-Check Girl at Bay View Club (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Chester Conklin
Chet (uncredited)
Bert Davidson
Photographer (uncredited)
Joe Dougherty
Man (uncredited)
Roy Engel
Waiter Captain (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Party Guest (uncredited)
James Garwood
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Winifred Harris
Party Guest (uncredited)
Rock Hudson
Ted - Bay View Club Doorman (uncredited)
Doretta Johnson
Nurse (uncredited)
Stapleton Kent
City Editor (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Newsboy (uncredited)
Will Lee
Cabbie (uncredited)
Leota Lorraine
Guest (uncredited)
William Marks
Detective (uncredited)
Gregg Martell
Newspaper Worker (uncredited)
John Miller
Brownie (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Mr. Spencer (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter (uncredited)
Kenneth Patterson
Fred Thurman (uncredited)
Joseph Pevney
Keller - Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Rice
Floorwalker (uncredited)
Kay Riehl
Mrs. Spencer (uncredited)
Stephen Roberts
Magazine Representative (uncredited)
Carl Sklover
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Wendy Waldron
Information Clerk (uncredited)
Steve Wayne
Reporter (uncredited)
Josephine Whittell
Mrs. Worthington (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
Mrs. Worthington's Butler (uncredited)
Charles Flynn
Fireman (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Jan 03 2024

Talk about hoist by your own petard! "Jack" (Howard Duff) is an aspiring photo-journalist who manages to get newspaper editor "David" (Bruce Bennett) to take him on for a week. His next task is to stay employed, and to that end he manages to convince "Nick" (Brian Donlevy) - a local "businessman", to pose for a front page photo. This latter man takes a bit of a shine to "Jack" and gives him an opportunity to put away one of his criminal competitors "Colton" (Lawrence Tierney). There's a few grand in it for him, but he gets greedy - he keeps the negative of a shot he takes after a robbery, and s...