Shakedown (1950 film)
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Directed by | Joseph Pevney |
Produced by | Ted Richmond |
Screenplay by | Martin Goldsmith Alfred Lewis Levitt |
Story by | Nat Dallinger Don Martin |
Starring | Howard Duff Brian Donlevy Peggy Dow Lawrence Tierney |
Music by | Joseph Gershenson |
Cinematography | Irving Glassberg |
Edited by | Milton Carruth |
Production
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Universal International
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Distributed by | Universal International |
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Running time
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80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Shakedown is a 1950 film noir crime film directed by Joseph Pevney, starring Howard Duff, Brian Donlevy and Peggy Dow.[1]
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Plot
Unscrupulous newspaper photographer Jack Early (Duff) is sent to take a picture of racketeer Nick Palmer (Brian Donlevy), who doesn't like to be captured on celluloid. Palmer takes a liking to Early and asks him to frame his henchmen Colton (Tierney). Duff double-crosses Palmer and informes Colton that his boss had planned to frame him. Shortly afterward Palmer is killed by a car bomb and Duff becomes famous for taking a picture of the event. Eventually Duff is himself killed by Colton but he manages to snap 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 Lita Palmer
- Charles Sherlock as Sam
- Rock Hudson as Ted, the Night Club Doorman
- Peggie Castle as Hat Check Girl
- Joseph Pevney as Keller the Reporter
References
External links
- Shakedown at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Shakedown at IMDb
- Shakedown at AllMovie
- Shakedown at the TCM Movie Database
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