Talk about hoist by your own petard! "Jack" (Howard Duff) is an aspiring photo-journali...
Shakedown
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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Shakedown
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Status
Released
Release Date
Sep 1, 1950
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
User Score
61%
Original Title
Shakedown
Production Companies
Universal International Pictures
Director
Joseph Pevney
Description
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.