Manhattan Shakedown

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Manhattan Shakedown
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Directed by Leon Barsha
Written by Edgar Edwards
Theodore A. Tinsley
Produced by Kenneth J. Bishop
Starring John Gallaudet
Rosalind Keith
Phyllis Clare
Cinematography George Meehan
Edited by William Austin
Production
companies
Kenneth J. Bishop Productions
Central Films
Distributed bySyndicate Film Exchange
Release date
  • December 1937 (1937-12)
Running time
56 minutes
CountriesCanada
United States
LanguageEnglish

Manhattan Shakedown is a 1937 American-Canadian crime drama film directed by Leon Barsha and starring John Gallaudet, Rosalind Keith and Phyllis Clare. [1] [2] It was shot in studios in Victoria, British Columbia.

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References

  1. Pitts p.394
  2. Morris p.192

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