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Shakedown (1950 film)

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Shakedown
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoseph Pevney
(as Joe Pevney)
Screenplay byMartin Goldsmith
Alfred Lewis Levitt
Story byNat Dallinger
Don Martin
Produced byTed Richmond
StarringHoward Duff
Brian Donlevy
Peggy Dow
Lawrence Tierney
Bruce Bennett
Anne Vernon
CinematographyIrving Glassberg
Edited byMilton Carruth
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • September 1, 1950 (1950-09-01) (United States)
  • September 3, 1950 (1950-09-03) (New York City)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.[1]

Plot

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Unscrupulous newspaper photographer Jack Early is sent to take a picture of racketeer Nick Palmer, who doesn't like to be photographed. Palmer takes a liking to Early and asks him to frame his henchman Colton, but Early double-crosses Palmer and informs Colton that his boss had planned to frame him. Shortly afterward, Palmer is killed by a car bomb and Early becomes famous for snapping a photo of the event. Eventually Early is killed by Colton but he manages to take a picture of his murderer in the act.

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