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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.
- Universal Pictures
- Ted Richmond
- Joseph Pevney, (as Joe Pevney)
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.
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It is a well-directed film anchored in a cast of considerable quality, including Howard Duff in one of his better roles, the always duplicitous Brian Donlevy, Lawrence Tierney, French actress Anne Vernon, Bruce Bennett, and the incredibly beautiful Peggy Dow, who always reminds me of Audrey Hepburn.
Shakedown (1950) NR 09/01/1950 (US) Crime , Drama , Thriller 1h 20m. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? His camera Was More Deadly Than A Gangster's Gun! Overview. Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the success ladder.
