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Shakedown (1950)

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Film details

Featuring

Howard Duff Brian Donlevy Anne Vernon
Country

USA
Year

1950
Genre

Crime
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Ruthlessly ambitious press photographer sinks into crime when he decides to blackmail a wealthy crook, using his own photographs. He eventually goes too far and is killed.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Jack Early
    
    Howard Duff
  - Nick Palmer
    
    Brian Donlevy
  - Nita Palmer
    
    Anne Vernon
  - Ellen Bennett
    
    Peggy Dow
  - Colton
    
    Lawrence Tierney
  - David Glover
    
    Bruce Bennett
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Joseph Pevney
  - Production Company
    
    Universal-International
  - Producer
    
    Ted Richmond
  - Screenplay
    
    Alfred Lewis
  - Screenplay
    
    Martin Goldsmith
  - Director of Photography
    
    Irving Glassberg
  - Editor
    
    Milton Carruth
  - Art Director
    
    Bernard Herzbrun
  - Art Director
    
    Robert Clatworthy

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