The Big Shakedown (1934)
Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical products.
Top billed cast
Charles FarrellJimmy Morrell
Bette DavisNorma Nelson
Ricardo CortezDutch Barnes
Glenda FarrellLily 'Lil' Duran
Allen JenkinsLefty
Henry O'NeillMr. Sheffner
Dewey RobinsonSlim
John WrayHiggins
Philip FavershamJohn
Robert Emmett O'ConnorRegan
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