Loan Shark

1952

Action / Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 15% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 15% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 858 858

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Plot summary

A vicious loan shark ring has been preying on factory workers. When several workers at a tire factory suffer violence at the hands of the loan sharkers, a union leader and the factory owner try to recruit ex-con Joe Gargan to infiltrate to the gang. At first Joe does not want to get involved, but changes his mind when his brother-in-law dies at the hands of a savage loan shark hood. Joe works his way into the mob, but in order to keep his cover, Joe can't tell anyone what he is up to. This results in him being disowned by his sister and girl friend.

Top cast

Benny Baker as Tubby
Helen Westcott as Martha Haines
Margia Dean as Ivy
Russell Johnson as Charlie Thompson
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732.5 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 19 min
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1.33 GB
1440*1072
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 19 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by bkoganbing 6 / 10

Debt Over Your Head

Loan Shark finds George Raft an ex-con come to live with his sister Helen Westcott after his release. Their neighbor and secretary to the owner of the factory where Westcott's husband is employed, Dorothy Hart puts in a good word for Raft for a job.Owner Charles Meredith has a special job in mind for Raft, investigating and finding out who's behind a group of loan sharks who have been putting many of his employees in their debt. Raft doesn't want this kind of work, but changes his mind when his brother-in-law Bill Phipps is killed.But unfortunately this involves Raft going undercover and working for the gang until he can find out who the real boss is. He makes a lot of enemies, including Westcott and Hart until the job is done.The film was done for B picture studio Lippert films and possibly at a major studio it would have had a lot of the plot holes filled. The writing could have used some improvement, but action goes along at a nice pace and Raft is perfectly cast in the hero part. During this time Raft was doing most of his work in B films and some of them are not bad at all. Loan Shark is one of them.
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Reviewed by michaelRokeefe 7 / 10

George Raft lives up to his reputatiion.

Joe Gargen (George Raft) is an ex-con, who takes a job at a tire factory. Trouble seems to be brewing as factory workers have been enticed to borrow money to payoff gambling debts. The factory owner knows of Gargen's past and offers him a job to go undercover to learn how his business is being infested by loan sharks. Gargen finally goes to the dark side to bust up the organized loan racket.

May not be true noir, but crime stopping in B&W with thrills and shadows. Kudos to director Seymour Friedman. Rounding out the cast: Dorothy Hart, Paul Stewart, Helen Westcott, John Hoyt, Russell Johnson and Margia Dean.

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