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

(Harry Colton)

Bruce Bennett

(David Glover)

Anne Vernon

(Nita Palmer)

Jack Reitzen

(Joe Downing)

Peter Virgo

(Roy)

Charles Sherlock

(Sam)

Elsie Baker

(Palmer's Maid (uncredited))

Ralph Brooks

(Photographer (uncredited))

Douglas Carter

(Photographer (uncredited))

Peggie Castle

(Coat-Check Girl at Bay View Club (uncredited))

Jack Chefe

(Shop Proprietor (uncredited))

Chester Conklin

(Chet (uncredited))

Bert Davidson

(Photographer (uncredited))

Joe Dougherty

(Man (uncredited))

Roy Engel

(Waiter Captain (uncredited))

Bess Flowers

(Party Guest (uncredited))

James Garwood

(Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited))

Winifred Harris

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Rock Hudson

(Ted - Bay View Club Doorman (uncredited))

Doretta Johnson

(Nurse (uncredited))

Stapleton Kent

(City Editor (uncredited))

Donald Kerr

(Newsboy (uncredited))

Will Lee

(Cabbie (uncredited))

Leota Lorraine

(Guest (uncredited))

William Marks

(Detective (uncredited))

Gregg Martell

(Newspaper Worker (uncredited))

John Miller

(Brownie (uncredited))

Forbes Murray

(Mr. Spencer (uncredited))

William H. O'Brien

(Waiter (uncredited))

Kenneth Patterson

(Fred Thurman (uncredited))

Joseph Pevney

(Keller - Reporter (uncredited))

Jack Rice

(Floorwalker (uncredited))

Kay Riehl

(Mrs. Spencer (uncredited))

Stephen Roberts

(Magazine Representative (uncredited))

Carl Sklover

(Taxi Driver (uncredited))

Wendy Waldron

(Information Clerk (uncredited))

Steve Wayne

(Reporter (uncredited))

Josephine Whittell

(Mrs. Worthington (uncredited))

Eric Wilton

(Mrs. Worthington's Butler (uncredited))

Charles Flynn

(Fireman (uncredited))