The Big Shakedown

Jan 6, 1934

1h 1m

★ 5.6

A New Type of Racket Exposed! In This Thrilling Underworld Drama

Overview

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

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

First National Pictures

Warner Bros. Pictures

The Big Shakedown Trailers

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Cast

Jimmy Morrell

Charles Farrell

Norma Nelson

Bette Davis

Dutch Barnes

Ricardo Cortez

Lily 'Lil' Duran

Glenda Farrell

Lefty

Allen Jenkins

Mr. Sheffner

Henry O'Neill

Slim

Dewey Robinson

Higgins

John Wray

John

Philip Faversham

Regan

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Mae LaRue

Renee Whitney

Gyp

G. Pat Collins

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6.9

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