Shakedown (1950)
1h 20m
Running Time
September 1, 1950Release Date
Shakedown (1950)
1h 20m
Running Time
September 1, 1950Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Howard Duff
Jack Early
Brian Donlevy
Nick Palmer
Peggy Dow
Ellen Bennett
Lawrence Tierney
Harry Colton
Bruce Bennett
David Glover
Anne Vernon
Nita Palmer
Jack Reitzen
Joe Downing
Peter Virgo
Roy
Charles Sherlock
Sam
Elsie Baker
Palmer's Maid (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Photographer (uncredited)
Douglas Carter
Photographer (uncredited)
Peggie Castle
Coat-Check Girl at Bay View Club (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Chester Conklin
Chet (uncredited)
Bert Davidson
Photographer (uncredited)
Joe Dougherty
Man (uncredited)
Roy Engel
Waiter Captain (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Party Guest (uncredited)
James Garwood
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Winifred Harris
Party Guest (uncredited)
Rock Hudson
Ted - Bay View Club Doorman (uncredited)
Doretta Johnson
Nurse (uncredited)
Stapleton Kent
City Editor (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Newsboy (uncredited)
Will Lee
Cabbie (uncredited)
Leota Lorraine
Guest (uncredited)
William Marks
Detective (uncredited)
Gregg Martell
Newspaper Worker (uncredited)
John Miller
Brownie (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Mr. Spencer (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter (uncredited)
Kenneth Patterson
Fred Thurman (uncredited)
Joseph Pevney
Keller - Reporter (uncredited) / Director
Jack Rice
Floorwalker (uncredited)
Kay Riehl
Mrs. Spencer (uncredited)
Stephen Roberts
Magazine Representative (uncredited)
Carl Sklover
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Wendy Waldron
Information Clerk (uncredited)
Steve Wayne
Reporter (uncredited)
Josephine Whittell
Mrs. Worthington (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
Mrs. Worthington's Butler (uncredited)
Charles Flynn
Fireman (uncredited)
Milton Carruth
Editor
Nat Dallinger
Story
Ted Richmond
Producer
Don Martin
Story
Irving Glassberg
Director of Photography
Helen Turpin
Hairstylist
George Lollier
Assistant Director
Robert Pritchard
Sound
Joseph Gershenson
Music Director
Everett Brown
Grip
Kyme Meade
Camera Operator
Joseph E. Kenney
Assistant Director
Leslie I. Carey
Sound
Norton Kurland
Gaffer
Joan St. Oegger
Hairstylist
Evelynne Smith
Stunts
Sherman Clark
Still Photographer
Pat Betz
Script Supervisor
Lew Leary
Production Manager
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Music
Leith Stevens
Music
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 1, 1950
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 20m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
murder
blackmail
noir
gangster
seduction
infidelity
san francisco
robbery
photographer
photograph
despair
mobster
extortion
newspaper man
opportunist
Wiki.
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.
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