The Big Shakedown

1934 "A New Type of Racket Exposed! In This Thrilling Underworld Drama"

The Big Shakedown

6.2 | 1h1m | NR | en | Drama

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

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6.2 | 1h1m | NR | en | Drama , Crime

Synopsis

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

Cast

Charles Farrell , Bette Davis , Ricardo Cortez

Director

John Hughes

Producted By

Warner Bros. Pictures , First National Pictures

Trailers

Cast

Charles Farrell

as Jimmy Morrell

[1952] My Little Margie [1938] Just Around the Corner [1937] Midnight Menace [1934] Change of Heart [1934] The Big Shakedown [1933] Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men [1932] Wild Girl [1932] Tess of the Storm Country [1930] City Girl

Bette Davis

as Norma Nelson

[2015] Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn [2015] Listen to Me Marlon [2009] 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year [2006] Stardust: The Bette Davis Story [2003] Complicated Women [2002] Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour [1989] Wicked Stepmother [1985] Murder with Mirrors [1982] Little Gloria... Happy at Last

Ricardo Cortez

as Dutch Barnes

[2001] The Murder of Dr. Harrigan [1950] Bunco Squad [1948] Mystery in Mexico [1947] Blackmail [1946] The Inner Circle [1944] Make Your Own Bed [1942] Rubber Racketeers [1942] Tomorrow We Live [1941] A Shot in the Dark