Loan Shark
1952
Action / Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller

Loan Shark
1952
Action / Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller
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.
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Debt Over Your Head
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.