Loan Shark is a 1952 American crime film noir directed by Seymour Friedman and starring George Raft, Dorothy Hart and Paul Stewart.

[5] The project ended up with Lippert Pictures, an independent film company that had enjoyed success with second features as well as occasionally more ambitious productions.

The screen play... not only affords the cast some brisk dialogue but stirs up a fair amount of suspense, particularly toward the clima... For once, Mr.

Sappy dialogue, an awful plot, and unimaginative directing by Seymour Friedman, make this hardly believable crime story fizzle.

The script leaves the impression that all the parties concerned don't seem to have enough brains to walk and chew gum at the same time.