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Director
  
Gerald Mayer

Music director
  
David Buttolph

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Crime, Drama

Screenplay
  
Charles Palmer

Country
  
United States

The Sellout (film) movie poster

Release date
  
January 25, 1952 (1952-01-25) (USA)

Writer
  
Charles Palmer, Matthew Rapf (story)

Cast
  
Walter Pidgeon
(Haven D. Allridge),
John Hodiak
(Charles 'Chick' Johnson),
Audrey Totter
(Cleo Bethel),
Paula Raymond
(Peggy Stauton),
Thomas Gomez
(Sherrif Kellwin C. 'Casey' Burke),
Cameron Mitchell
(Randloph 'Randy' Stauton)

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Tagline
  
How much does it take for a Woman to Sellout her Man?

The sellout original theatrical trailer


The Sellout is a 1952 American film noir directed by Gerald Mayer and starring Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak, Audrey Totter and Paula Raymond.

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Plot

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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.

Cast

  • Walter Pidgeon as Haven D. Allridge
  • John Hodiak as Chick Johnson
  • Audrey Totter as Cleo Bethel
  • Paula Raymond as Peggy Stauton
  • Thomas Gomez as Kellwin C. Burke
  • Cameron Mitchell as Randy Stauton
  • Karl Malden as Captain Buck Maxwell
  • Everett Sloane as Nelson S. Tarsson
  • Jonathan Cott as Ned Grayton
  • Frank Cady as Bennie Amboy
  • Hugh Sanders as Judge Neeler
  • Griff Barnett as Attorney General Morrisson
  • Burt Mustin as Elk M. Ludens
  • Whit Bissell as Wilfred Jackson
  • Roy Engel as Sam F. Slaper
  • Reception

    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.

    References

    The Sellout (film) Wikipedia
    The Sellout (film) IMDb The Sellout (film) themoviedb.org