Shakedown (1950 film)
1950 film by Joseph Pevney
- September 1, 1950 (1950-09-01) (United States)
- September 3, 1950 (1950-09-03) (New York City)
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Shakedown is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Howard Duff, Brian Donlevy, Peggy Dow, Lawrence Tierney, Bruce Bennett and Anne Vernon.[1]
Plot
Unscrupulous newspaper photographer Jack Early is sent to take a picture of racketeer Nick Palmer, who doesn't like to be photographed. Palmer takes a liking to Early and asks him to frame his henchman Colton, but Early double-crosses Palmer and informs Colton that his boss had planned to frame him. Shortly afterward, Palmer is killed by a car bomb and Early becomes famous for snapping a photo of the event. Eventually Early is killed by Colton but he manages to take a picture of his murderer in the act.
Cast
- Howard Duff as Jack Early
- Brian Donlevy as Nick Palmer
- Peggy Dow as Ellen Bennett
- Lawrence Tierney as Colton
- Bruce Bennett as David Glover
- Anne Vernon as Nita Palmer (as Ann Vernon)
- Stapleton Kent as City Editor
- Peter Virgo as Roy
- Charles Sherlock as Sam
- Rock Hudson as Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
See also
References
- ^ Shakedown at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
External links
- Shakedown at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Shakedown at IMDb
- Shakedown at AllMovie
- Shakedown at the TCM Movie Database
- Shakedown at Letterboxd
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Films directed by Joseph Pevney
- Shakedown (1950)
- Undercover Girl (1950)
- Iron Man (1951)
- Air Cadet (1951)
- The Lady from Texas (1951)
- The Strange Door (1951)
- Meet Danny Wilson (1952)
- Flesh and Fury (1952)
- Because of You (1952)
- Just Across the Street (1952)
- Back to God's Country (1953)
- It Happens Every Thursday (1953)
- Desert Legion (1953)
- Yankee Pasha (1954)
- 3 Ring Circus (1954)
- Six Bridges to Cross (1955)
- Foxfire (1955)
- Female on the Beach (1955)
- Congo Crossing (1956)
- Away All Boats (1956)
- Istanbul (1957)
- Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)
- The Midnight Story (1957)
- Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
- Twilight for the Gods (1958)
- Torpedo Run (1958)
- The Crowded Sky (1960)
- Cash McCall (1960)
- The Plunderers (1960)
- Portrait of a Mobster (1961)
- The Night of the Grizzly (1966)
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