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The Sellout is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 30 may 1952 with Walter Pidgeon
The Sellout (1952)
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Add to a movie listThe Sellout is a 1952 American film noir directed by Gerald Mayer, starring Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak, Audrey Totter and Paula Raymond.
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Big-city newspaper editor Haven D. Allridge (Pidgeon) starts a crusade against corrupt small-town sheriff Burke (Gomez) after he gets a first-hand taste of Burke's version of justice. Although Burke blackmails Allridge into silence using the misdeeds of Allridge's son-in-law, county prosecutor Randy Stauton (Mitchell), state attorney Chick Johnson (Hodiak) continues the fight.Actors
Walter Pidgeon
(Haven D. Allridge)
John Hodiak
(Charles 'Chick' Johnson)
Audrey Totter
(Cleo Bethel)
Paula Raymond
(Peggy Stauton)
Thomas Gomez
(Sherrif Kellwin C. 'Casey' Burke)
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