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01/09/1950 Crime, Drama, Thriller 1h 20m
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His camera Was More Deadly Than A Gangster's Gun!

Overview

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.

  1. Joseph Pevney

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Howard Duff

    Jack Early

  2. Brian Donlevy

    Nick Palmer

  3. Peggy Dow

    Ellen Bennett

  4. Lawrence Tierney

    Harry Colton

  5. Bruce Bennett

    David Glover

  6. Anne Vernon

    Nita Palmer

  7. Jack Reitzen

    Joe Downing

  8. Peter Virgo

    Roy

  9. Charles Sherlock

    Sam

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-01-03
Talk about hoist by your own petard! "Jack" (Howard Duff) is an aspiring photo-journalist who manages to get newspaper editor "David" (Bruce Bennett) to take him on for a week. His next task is to stay employed, and to that end he manages to convince "Nick" (Brian Donlevy) - a local "businessman", to pose for a front page photo. This latter man takes a bit of a shine to "Jack" and gives him an opportunity to put away one of his criminal competitors "Colton" (Lawrence Tierney). There's a few grand in it for him, but he gets greedy - he keeps the negative of a shot he takes after a robbery, and ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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