The Big Shakedown

Plot

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

  • John Francis Dillon

    Director

  • Rian James

    Screenplay

  • Niven Busch

    Screenplay

  • Niven Busch

    Story

  • Samuel G. Engel

    Story

  • Sidney Hickox

    Director of Photography

  • Thomas Richards

    Editor

  • James Gibbon

    Editor

  • 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)

  • Runtime

    61 minutes

    Released

    1934-01-06

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    First National Pictures

    Warner Bros. Pictures

    Sound

  • Bernhard Kaun

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    36 days ago

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