Réalisation:
Joseph PevneyPhotographie:
Irving GlassbergActeurs·trices:
Howard Duff, Brian Donlevy, Peggy Dow, Lawrence Tierney, Bruce Bennett, Anne Vernon, Rock Hudson, Peggie Castle, Joseph Pevney, Chester Conklin (plus)Résumés(1)
If there was a poll for the most villainous character in film noir, one of the hot candidates to win would be journalist Jack Early from Shakedown. Played by Howard Duff, he’s a man with no scruples and no morals, who will stop at nothing in his quest to become a leading reportage photographer. In order to achieve his professional goal and get a good picture, he literally goes over dead bodies – he lets people pose in front of the camera lens in imminent danger of their lives and cold-bloodedly watches a murder. This remarkable contribution to the journalistic noir cycle, set like many noirs in San Francisco, was directed by actor Joseph Pevney in his directorial debut. Rather than a condemnation of media sensationalism, Shakedown can be read as an indictment of materialism and consumerism – for it reads like an anamnesis of a man who has been bound by his desire to fulfill the American Dream. (Noir Film Festival)
(plus)Acteurs·trices
Gregg Martell
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Winchester 73 (1950)
Shakedown (1950)
Le Carrefour de la mort (1947)
Josephine Whittell
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Song of Love (1947)
Une place au soleil (1951)
Pension d'artistes (1937)
Carl Sklover
Empire russe
Meilleurs films :
Certains l'aiment chaud (1959)
Les Démons de la liberté (1947)
Plus dure sera la chute (1956)
Jack Reitzen
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Tueur à gages (1942)
Shakedown (1950)
Quand la Marabunta gronde (1954)
Peter Virgo
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Qu'est-il arrivé à Baby Jane ? (1962)
Spartacus (1960)
A Song Is Born (1948)
Bert Davidson
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Chantons sous la pluie (1952)
Madame porte la culotte (1949)
Three Little Words (1950)
Douglas Carter
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :
Storm Warning (1951)
Lettre d'une inconnue (1948)
To Each His Own (1946)
Elsie Baker
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Mystery Street (1950)
Shakedown (1950)
Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
Kenneth Patterson
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Bienvenue Mister Chance (1979)
Justice pour tous (1979)
L'Invasion des profanateurs de sépultures (1956)