Shakedown

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

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.

Howard Duff

Jack Early

Brian Donlevy

Nick Palmer

Peggy Dow

Ellen Bennett

Lawrence Tierney

Colton

Bruce Bennett

David Glover

Anne Vernon

Nita Palmer

Chester Conklin

Chet (uncredited)

John Miller

Brownie (uncredited)

Peggie Castle

Ellen Bennett

Peter Virgo

Roy

Elsie Baker

Ralph Brooks

Rock Hudson

Ted

Douglas Carter

Jack Chefe

Bert Davidson

Joe Dougherty

Bess Flowers

Guest