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Shakedown

1950 · 1h 20m · Crime, Drama, Thriller · United States of America · Rated PG (GB)

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

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.

Directed by
Joseph Pevney
Written by
Alfred Lewis Levitt, Martin Goldsmith
Story by
Nat Dallinger, Don Martin
Starring
Howard Duff, Brian Donlevy, Peggy Dow, Lawrence Tierney
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black and whiteblackmaildespairextortionfilm noirgangsterinfidelitymobstermurdernewspaper manopportunistphotographphotographerrobberysan francisco, californiaseduction
RatingPG (GB)

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