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    Shakedown, The (1960)

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    After being released from prison, vicious small-time crook Augie Cortona (Terence Morgan) discovers his old prostitution and protection racket territory has been taken over by a character called Gollar (Harry H. Corbett).

    After dealing with Gollar, Augie sets up a blackmail operation, fronted by a model agency and photography studio run by his accomplice, a shabby but articulate photographer named Jessel Brown (Donald Pleasence).

    Mildred (Hazel Court) is the hesitant (at first) student model for whom Augie develops a soft spot. What Augie doesn’t know (yet), is that Mildred is an undercover policewoman from the Vice Squad.

    Bill Owen appears as Augie’s former cellmate and now right-hand man, David Spettigue. Jackie Collins – who appears as a model called Rita – was so tired of being referred to as “Joan Collins sister” that she used the name Lynn Curtis for this movie.

    The Shakedown is a vivid, violent little British crime film which earned an ‘X’ certificate when it was released.

    Augie Cortona
    Terence Morgan
    Mildred Eyde
    Hazel Court
    Jessel Brown
    Donald Pleasence
    David Spettigue
    Bill Owen
    Chief Inspector Bob Jarvis
    Robert Beatty
    Gollar
    Harry H. Corbett
    Zena
    Gene Anderson
    George
    Eddie Byrne
    John Arnold
    John Salew
    Miss Firbank
    Georgina Cookson
    Miss Ogilvie
    Joan Haythorne
    Nadia
    Sheila Buxton
    Grace
    Dorinda Stevens
    Sgt. Kershaw
    Jack Lambert
    Pinza
    Charles Lamb
    Bernie
    Edward Judd
    Winterton
    Douglas Bradley-Smith
    Sylvia
    Linda Castle
    Rita
    Lynn Curtis (Jackie Collins)
    Sarah
    Leila Williams
    Beryl
    Pauline Dukes
    Model
    Angela Douglas
    Harry Bowers
    Neal Arden
    Arnold’s Secretary
    Wendy Peters

    Director
    John Lemont

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