title: Shakedown (1950 film)
text: # Shakedown (1950 film)
  
  Shakedown is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Howard Duff, Brian Donlevy, Peggy Dow, Lawrence Tierney, Bruce Bennett and Anne Vernon.
  
  ## Plot
  
  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. Eventually Early is killed by Colton but he manages to take a picture of his murderer in the act.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Howard Duff as Jack Early
  * Brian Donlevy as Nick Palmer
  * Peggy Dow as Ellen Bennett
  * Lawrence Tierney as Colton
  * Bruce Bennett as David Glover
  * Anne Vernon as Nita Palmer (as Ann Vernon)
  * Stapleton Kent as City Editor
  * Peter Virgo as Roy
  * Charles Sherlock as Sam
  * Rock Hudson as Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
  