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Shakedown (1950)

Filmnoir | 80 minutes
3,05 10 votes

Genre: Filmnoir / Drama

Duration: 80 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Joseph Pevney

Stars: Howard Duff, Brian Donlevy and Peggy Dow

IMDb score: 7,1 (1.016)

Releasedate: 1 September 1950

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Shakedown plot

"His camera Was More Deadly Than A Gangster's Gun!"

Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing and grow to the top of his career ladder. At the peak of his career, he lands a job at a major newspaper and it doesn't take long before he seduces notorious gangster boss Nick Palmer for a photo shoot. This makes him even more confident, he plays Palmer against that other gangster boss Harry Colton. To increase his income, Early uses photos to blackmail Colton.

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