Shakedown (1950 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Shakedown

| image = Shakedown (1950 film) poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Joseph Pevney
(as Joe Pevney)

| producer = Ted Richmond

| screenplay = Martin Goldsmith
Alfred Lewis Levitt

| story = Nat Dallinger
Don Martin

| narrator =

| starring = Howard Duff
Brian Donlevy
Peggy Dow
Lawrence Tierney
Bruce Bennett
Anne Vernon

| music =

| cinematography = Irving Glassberg

| editing = Milton Carruth

| color_process = Black and white

| studio = Universal Pictures

| distributor = Universal Pictures

| released = {{film date|1950|9|1|United States|1950|9|3|New York City}}

| runtime = 80 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

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.{{AFI film|id=26488|title=Shakedown}}.

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.