The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1950
Shakedown
Directed by
Joseph Pevney
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 …
The story
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.
Cast
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)
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Peggie CastleCoat-Check Girl at Bay View Club (uncredited)
Jack ChefeShop Proprietor (uncredited)
Chester ConklinChet (uncredited)
Bert DavidsonPhotographer (uncredited)
Joe DoughertyMan (uncredited)
Roy EngelWaiter Captain (uncredited)
Bess FlowersParty Guest (uncredited)
James GarwoodUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Winifred HarrisParty Guest (uncredited)
Rock HudsonTed - Bay View Club Doorman (uncredited)
Doretta JohnsonNurse (uncredited)
Stapleton KentCity Editor (uncredited)
Donald KerrNewsboy (uncredited)
Will LeeCabbie (uncredited)
Leota LorraineGuest (uncredited)
William MarksDetective (uncredited)
Gregg MartellNewspaper Worker (uncredited)
John MillerBrownie (uncredited)
Forbes MurrayMr. Spencer (uncredited)
William H. O'BrienWaiter (uncredited)
Kenneth PattersonFred Thurman (uncredited)
Joseph PevneyKeller - Reporter (uncredited)
Jack RiceFloorwalker (uncredited)
Kay RiehlMrs. Spencer (uncredited)
Stephen RobertsMagazine Representative (uncredited)
Carl SkloverTaxi Driver (uncredited)
Wendy WaldronInformation Clerk (uncredited)
Steve WayneReporter (uncredited)
Josephine WhittellMrs. Worthington (uncredited)
Eric WiltonMrs. Worthington's Butler (uncredited)
Charles FlynnFireman (uncredited)
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