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Shakedown

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Original title

Shakedown

Year

1950

Running time

80 min.

Country

United States

Director

Joseph Pevney

Screenwriter

Martin Goldsmith, Alfred Lewis Levitt. Plot: Nat Dallinger, Don Martin

Cast

Cinematography

Irving Glassberg (B&W)

Producer

Universal International Pictures (UI)

Genre

Film noir. Thriller | Crime. Journalism

Synopsis

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. Thanks to him, Jack can take sensational snapshots of heisters at work. Which is not enough for him. Soon, thinking he is protected by the compromising photos he keeps taking, he starts manipulating and double crossing hoodlums, including his mentor Nick Palmer...

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Shakedown

1950

Joseph Pevney

6.8

(58)