Hollywood Shakedown
Broadcast: 16th March 1951
Starring:
Stacy Harris,
Charlotte Lawrence,
Sam Edwards,
Lamont Johnson,
William Woodson,
Herbert Rawlinson,
Larry Keating,
Jerry Devine,
Frederick Steiner,
Jay C. Flippen,
Jerry D Lewis
Added: Mar 13 2014
Since congress introduced the federal extortion statute in 1932, the number of such crimes has been drastically reduced. However, it's probably safe to say that some form of extortion is practised almost daily in parts of the country. There is no average extortion case, so this program is not to acquaint you with the modus operandi of the typical felon who commits this type of crime. This case history is dramatised in the hope of reaching people who are being victimized by extortioners, and who through fear, are now keeping it a secret...