The Sellout (film)
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Directed byGerald Mayer
Written byCharles Palmer
Story byMatthew Rapf
Produced byNicholas Nayfack
Matthew Rapf
Matthew Rapf
| The Sellout | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| 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.
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
