Shakedown

Shakedown

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

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Release Date

9/1/1950

Runtime

80 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A noir thriller about a ruthlessly ambitious photographer who manipulates his way into the underworld, then plays both sides against each other with increasingly dangerous consequences. The entire film is a slow-motion crash waiting to happen.

Mood

TenseParanoidBleakDread-soaked

Themes

AmbitionCorruptionBetrayalCrime

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

Black and whiteNaturalistic

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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