Shakedown (1950)
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.
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
Peggie Castle
Coat-Check Girl at Bay View Club (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Chester Conklin
Chet (uncredited)
Joe Dougherty
Man (uncredited)
Roy Engel
Waiter Captain (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Party Guest (uncredited)
Winifred Harris
Party Guest (uncredited)
Rock Hudson
Ted - Bay View Club Doorman (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Newsboy (uncredited)
Will Lee
Cabbie (uncredited)
Leota Lorraine
Guest (uncredited)
Gregg Martell
Newspaper Worker (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Mr. Spencer (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter (uncredited)
Joseph Pevney
Keller - Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Rice
Floorwalker (uncredited)
Carl Sklover
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Josephine Whittell
Mrs. Worthington (uncredited)
Joseph Pevney
Director
Ted Richmond
Producer
Alfred Lewis Levitt, Martin Goldsmith
Screenplay
