Shakedown

September. 01,1950      NR
Rating:
7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Howard Duff as  Jack Early
Brian Donlevy as  Nick Palmer
Peggy Dow as  Ellen Bennett
Lawrence Tierney as  Harry Colton
Bruce Bennett as  David Glover
Anne Vernon as  Nita Palmer
Jack Reitzen as  Joe Downing
Peter Virgo as  Roy
Charles Sherlock as  Sam
Ralph Brooks as  Photographer (uncredited)

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Reviews

Kattiera Nana
1950/09/01

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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Matialth
1950/09/02

Good concept, poorly executed.

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Ariella Broughton
1950/09/03

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

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Deanna
1950/09/04

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

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