The Big Shakedown
1934·United States·64 min.
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Former bootlegger Nick Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate drugs. The money makes it possible for Jimmy to marry Norma Frank, a pharmacy clerk. Expecting a baby, she wants Jimmy to quit the racket. Beaten by the mob, Jimmy works on, diluting the medications still further. Norma is rushed to the hospital for a premature delivery and given bogus medication.
DirectorJohn Francis Dillon
MusicBernhard Kaun
CinematographySidney Hickox
CastCharles Farrell·Bette Davis·Ricardo Cortez·Glenda Farrell·Allen Jenkins·Henry O'Neill·Dewey Robinson·John Wray·Philip Faversham·Robert Emmett O'Connor·Renee Whitney·Pat Collins·Adrian Morris·Ben Hendricks Jr.·George CooperShow all
Original titleThe Big Shakedown