Shakedown (1950)

Film Noir

In "Shakedown," Howard Duff plays 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 (Brian Donlevy) into allowing himself to be photographed. Donlevy takes him under his wing, but Duff decides to bite the hand that feeds him and sets Donlevy and another crime boss, Lawrence Tierney, against one another. He uses photos to blackmail Tierney into providing him with a steady income while he sidles up to Donlevy's wife on the sly, all the while romancing the photo editor of the paper at which he works.

Updated May 21 2020

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1950-09-01

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Runtime: 80 mins Rating: 4.8 Tag Line: His camera Was More Deadly Than A Gangster's Gun!

Cast

Lawrence Tierney

Harry Colton

Joseph Pevney

Keller the Reporter

Rock Hudson

Ted, the Night Club Doorman

Anne Vernon

Nita Palmer (as Ann Vernon)

Chester Conklin

Chet (uncredited)

Bruce Bennett

David Glover

Brian Donlevy

Nick Palmer

Howard Duff

Jack Early

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Crew

Milton Carruth

Editor

Joseph Pevney

Director

Ted Richmond

Producer

Martin Goldsmith

Writer

Irving Glassberg

Director of Photography

Don Martin

Story

Alfred Lewis Levitt

Writer

Nat Dallinger

Story

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