Shakedown (1950 film)

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]

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.

• Howard Duff as Jack Early
• Brian Donlevy as Nick Palmer
• Peggy Dow as Ellen Bennett
• Lawrence Tierney as Colton
• Bruce Bennett as David Glover
• Anne Vernon as Nita Palmer (as Ann Vernon)
• Stapleton Kent as City Editor
• Peter Virgo as Roy
• Charles Sherlock as Sam
• Rock Hudson as Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)

• List of American films of 1950

• Shakedown at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Shakedown at IMDb
• Shakedown at the TCM Movie Database
• Shakedown at Letterboxd

• 1950 films
• 1950 crime drama films
• American black-and-white films
• American crime drama films
• Film noir
• Films about photojournalists
• Films directed by Joseph Pevney
• Films set in San Francisco
• Universal Pictures films
• 1950 directorial debut films
• 1950s English-language films
• 1950s American films
• English-language crime drama films
• 1950s crime drama film stubs
• 1950s American film stubs

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