The Sellout | |
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Directed by | Gerald Mayer |
Written by | Charles Palmer |
Story by | Matthew Rapf |
Produced by | Nicholas Nayfack Matthew Rapf |
Starring | Walter Pidgeon John Hodiak Audrey Totter Paula Raymond |
Cinematography | Paul C. Vogel |
Edited by | George White |
Music by | David Buttolph |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $596,000 [1] |
Box office | $645,000 [1] |
The Sellout is a 1952 American film noir directed by Gerald Mayer and starring Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak, Audrey Totter and Paula Raymond. [2]
Big-city newspaper editor Haven D. Allridge (Pidgeon) starts a crusade against corrupt small-town sheriff Burke (Gomez) after he gets a first-hand taste of Burke's version of justice. Although Burke blackmails Allridge into silence using the misdeeds of Allridge's son-in-law, county prosecutor Randy Stauton (Mitchell), state attorney Chick Johnson (Hodiak) continues the fight.
According to MGM records, the film made $434,000 in the US and Canada and $211,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $227,000. [1]
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