The Big Shakedown
- Original title
- The Big Shakedown
- Year
- 1934
- Running time
- 64 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Charles 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 Cooper
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- Music
- Cinematography
Sidney Hickox (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Crime. Drugs
- Synopsis
- 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.
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