Shakedown (1950)

Directors

Joseph Pevney

Cast

Howard Duff, Brian Donlevy, Peggy Dow, Lawrence Tierney

The story

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.

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