MOVIE TITLE: SHAKEDOWN

YEAR OF RELEASE: 1950

RUNNING TIME: 80 MINUTES

FILM SHOT IN: BLACK & WHITE (you would receive the "FULLSCREEN" version) 

PICTURE QUALITY RATING: = 8 to 8.5 out of 10 (GOOD to VERY GOOD QUALITY. THESE RARE FILMS COME FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES~PLEASE DO NOT EXPECT MODERN DAY HIGH DEFINITION DIGITAL QUALITY.)

DIRECTED BY: JOE PEVNEY

STARRING: HOWARD DUFF, PEGGY DOW, BRIAN DONLEVY, LAWRENCE TIERNEY, BRUCE BENNETT, ANNE VERNON

BRIEF PLOT SUMMARY: HOWARD DUFF PLAYS AN OVERLY AGGRESSIVE PHOTOGRAPHER DETERMINED TO MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF. AFTER PUSHING HIS WAY INTO BEING HIRED BY AN ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER, HE GETS INVOLVED WITH A MOB BOSS PLAYED BY BRIAN DONLEVY. HIS SENSATIONAL EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS GETS HIM DEEP INTO THE CRIME UNDERWORLD...OVER HIS HEAD.

COMMENTS: MAJOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ON THIS VERY RARE NOIR!! DIRECT FROM A 16MM PRINT.