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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.
Shakedown: Directed by Joseph Pevney. With Howard Duff, Brian Donlevy, Peggy Dow, Lawrence Tierney. Unscrupulous and opportunistic San Francisco news media photographer Jack Early steps on and uses folks to get ahead, but in the end he tangles with the wrong people.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Joseph Pevney
- 1950-09-01
Aug 15, 2022 · Shakedown is a 1950 American crime FILM NOlR directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Howard Duff, Brian Donlevy, Peggy Dow, Lawrence Tierney, Bruce Bennett and Anne Vernon. You can find out more about this movie from Wikipedia and there is also a review from the movie blog Where Danger Lives.
- 80 min
Genres - Drama, Thriller | Release Date - Sep 1, 1950 (USA - Unknown), Sep 1, 1950 (USA) | Run Time - 80 min. | Countries - United States. Shakedown (1950) is a journalism film noir about one photographer's determined amoral rise to riches by blackmailing criminals into getting scoops.
Also Known As. The Magnificent Heel. Genre. Crime. Drama. Release Date. Aug 25, 1950. Premiere Information. not available.
Jack Early is a go-getting photographer who is determined to make a name for himself. He manages to be hired by a major San Francisco newspaper and from then on he is prepared to do anything to achieve his aim. Undaunted by anything, Early sinks into the underworld where gang boss Nick Palmer takes him under his wing.
