Shakedown
7.1
“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.
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Cast
43 people
Howard Duff
Jack Early
Known for
Kramer vs. Kramer
The Naked City
Brian Donlevy
Nick Palmer
Known for
The Quatermass Xperiment
Hangmen Also Die!
Peggy Dow
Ellen Bennett
Known for
Harvey
Lawrence Tierney
Harry Colton
Known for
Reservoir Dogs
The Prowler
Bruce Bennett
David Glover
Known for
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Dark Passage
Anne Vernon
Nita Palmer
Known for
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Il conte Max
Jack Reitzen
Joe Downing
Known for
The Naked Jungle
Peter Virgo
Roy
Known for
The Narrow Margin
Charles Sherlock
Sam
Also in
The Colossus of New York
Pitfall
Elsie Baker
Palmer's Maid (uncredited)
Also in
Ghosts of Hanley House
The Munsters
Ralph Brooks
Photographer (uncredited)
Known for
It Came from Outer Space
The Bigamist
Douglas Carter
Photographer (uncredited)
Also in
The Magnificent Rogue
Love Is an Awful Thing
Joseph Pevney Director · Martin Goldsmith Screenplay Alfred Lewis Levitt Screenplay
United States release September 1, 1950 · Produced in United States · Production Universal Pictures
Production
Universal International Pictures
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 1, 1950
Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 31, 1950 · Theatrical
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