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Loan Shark (1952) was the first of these pictures. Raft was over 50, past his prime as a leading man but still able to leverage his gravel voice, granite face, clipped delivery and stiffness that would explode into sudden action in tough guy roles.
The low-budget film was shot guerrilla filmmaking style among old Hollywood buildings and streets. Reception. Loanshark screened at several film festivals in 2000, including Silver Lake and Melbourne Underground Film Festival. Films In Review columnist David Del Valle called Loanshark "a gritty crime tale in the manner of Bad Lieutenant ".
The dreary existence of factory workers in cramped apartments with ugly wallpaper serves as the backdrop for Seymour Friedman’s Loan Shark, which opens in traditional noir fashion with a frightened man being chased through the night and pummeled in an alley. George Raft, whose mechanical acting often feels oddly comforting, plays ex-con Joe ...
Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/05/22 Full Review ashley h Loan Shark is an okay film. It is about a tough ex-con who infiltrates a gang of loan sharks. George Raft and Dorothy Hart ...
- Crime, Drama
A vicious loan shark ring has been preying on factory workers. When several workers at a tire factory suffer violence at the hands of the loan sharkers, a union leader and the factory owner try to recruit ex-con Joe Gargan to infiltrate to the gang. At first Joe does not want to get involved, but changes his mind when his brother-in-law dies at the hands of a savage loan shark hood. Joe works ...
A vicious loan shark ring has been preying on factory workers. When several workers at a tire factory suffer violence at the hands of the loan sharkers, a union leader and the factory owner try to recruit ex-con Joe Gargan to infiltrate to the gang. At first Joe does not want to get involved, but changes his mind when his brother-in-law dies at the hands of a savage loan shark hood. Joe works ...
