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The Sellout is a 1952 American film noir directed by Gerald Mayer and starring Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak, Audrey Totter and Paula Raymond.^[2]

Plot

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.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
^ The Sellout at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.

External links

The Sellout at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
The Sellout at IMDb
The Sellout at AllMovie
The Sellout at the TCM Movie Database
The Sellout at Letterboxd

[Mannix-1] The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

[2] The Sellout at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.

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