Shakedown (1950 film)
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| Directed by |
Joseph Pevney (as Joe Pevney) |
| Produced by | Ted Richmond |
| Screenplay by |
Martin Goldsmith Alfred Lewis Levitt |
| Story by | Nat Dallinger Don Martin |
| Starring |
Howard Duff Brian Donlevy Peggy Dow Lawrence Tierney Bruce Bennett Anne Vernon |
| Music by | Joseph Gershenson |
| Cinematography | Irving Glassberg |
| Edited by | Milton Carruth |
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Universal Pictures
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time
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80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Shakedown is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Joseph Pevney starring Howard Duff, Brian Donlevy, Peggy Dow, Lawrence Tierney, Bruce Bennett and Anne Vernon.
Unscrupulous newspaper photographer Jack Early (Howard Duff) is sent to take a picture of racketeer Nick Palmer (Brian Donlevy), who doesn't like to be captured on celluloid. Palmer takes a liking to Early and asks him to frame his henchmen Colton (Lawrence Tierney). Early double-crosses Palmer and informes Colton that his boss had planned to frame him. Shortly afterward Palmer is killed by a car bomb and Early becomes famous for taking a picture of the event. Eventually Early is himself killed by Colton but he manages to snap a picture of his murderer in the act.
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