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The Shakedown is a British film of genre Drama released in USA on 15 march 1961 with Terence Morgan
The Shakedown (1960)
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Add to a movie listThe Shakedown is a 1959 crime-drama film directed by John Lemont, starring Terence Morgan, Hazel Court, and Donald Pleasence.
It was filmed in the United Kingdom and banned in Finland (known there as Häväistyksen kauppiaat).
Synopsis
Augie Cortona, a newly released convict, opens up a photographic studio that serves as a front for pornographic and blackmail activities. He runs into trouble with a rival gangster, and bitter warfare erupts. Scotland Yard tracks down Cortona by employing an undercover female model (Linda Castle), to infiltrate the ex-con's set-up.Actors
Terence Morgan
(Augie Cortona)
Hazel Court
(Mildred Eyde)
Donald Pleasence
(Jessel Brown)
Bill Owen
(David Spettigue)
Robert Beatty
(Jarvis)
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