The Big Shakedown

1h 1m
DramaCrime
5.6

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

Cast

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

Crew

John Francis Dillon
Director
Niven Busch
Screenplay, Story
Rian James
Screenplay
Samuel G. Engel
Story
James Gibbon
Editor
Thomas Richards
Editor
Sidney Hickox
Director of Photography
Samuel Bischoff
Producer
Maxwell Arnow
Casting Director
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Bernhard Kaun
Original Music Composer
John Hughes
Art Direction

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