The Shakedown

IMDb link: 0053273
IMDb rating: 6.7 (398 votes)
Genres: Crime, Drama
Director: John Lemont
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Terence Morgan, Hazel Court, Bill Owen and others

Release date: 1 Jan 1960
Release year: 1960
Runtime: 92 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Keywords: tied in sack, person in a sack, female police officer, police, model, blackmail, british noir, ex convict, undercover cop, photographer

Plot:

After being released from prison, Augie Cortona sets up a blackmail operation, fronted by a model agency. When the authorities get wind of his activities, they send in an undercover police woman, but when she is recognised, the police need to move in on the operation, before Cortona can take his revenge.

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