The Sellout (film)
- January 25, 1952 (1952-01-25) (United States)
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
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