Shakedown

Name: Shakedown
Director: Joseph Pevney
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1950-09-01
Duration: 1 h 20 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Howard Duff, Brian Donlevy, Peggy Dow, Lawrence Tierney, Bruce Bennett

Directed by Joseph Pevney

Crime

Drama

Thriller

19501h 20m6.2

Overview

Jack Early is 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, Nick Palmer, into allowing himself to be photographed. Palmer takes him under his wing, but Early decides to bite the hand that feeds him and sets Palmer and another crime boss, Colton, against one another.