Film
Shakedown
United States- Age rating
- PG
- Director
- Joseph Pevney
- Year
- 1950
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.
Top 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)
Directed by
Joseph Pevney
Written by
Nat Dallinger, Don Martin
Produced by
Ted Richmond
