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