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The Big Shakedown

The Big Shakedown1934

★5.961 minDramaCrime

Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical products.

Director

John Francis Dillon

Writer

Rian James Niven Busch Samuel G. Engel

Score

Stars

Charles Farrell Bette Davis Ricardo Cortez

Cast20

Charles Farrell
as Jimmy Morrell
Bette Davis
as Norma Nelson
Ricardo Cortez
as Dutch Barnes
Glenda Farrell
as Lily 'Lil' Duran
Allen Jenkins
as Lefty
Henry O'Neill
as Mr. Sheffner
Dewey Robinson
as Slim
John Wray
as Higgins
Philip Faversham
as John
Robert Emmett O'Connor
as Regan
Renee Whitney
as Mae LaRue
G. Pat Collins
as Gyp
Adrian Morris
as Trigger
Ben Hendricks Jr.
as Spike
George Cooper
as Shorty
Oscar Apfel
as Digitalis Doctor (uncredited)
William B. Davidson
as District Attorney (uncredited)
Alphonse Ethier
as Norma's Doctor (uncredited)
Sidney Miller
as Boy Buying Ice Cream (uncredited)
Kathrin Clare Ward
as Mrs. Fagan (uncredited)

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