Shakedown

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.

• Joseph PevneyDirector
• Martin GoldsmithScreenplay
• Alfred Lewis LevittScreenplay

• Howard DuffJack Early
• Brian DonlevyNick Palmer
• Peggy DowEllen Bennett
• Lawrence TierneyHarry Colton
• Bruce BennettDavid Glover
• Anne VernonNita Palmer
• Jack ReitzenJoe Downing
• Peter VirgoRoy
• Charles SherlockSam
• Elsie BakerPalmer's Maid (uncredited)
• Ralph BrooksPhotographer (uncredited)
• Douglas CarterPhotographer (uncredited)