The Big Shakedown
A New Type of Racket Exposed! In This Thrilling Underworld Drama
1934 | 61m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | John Francis Dillon |
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| Writer: | Niven Busch, Rian James, Samuel G. Engel |
| Staring: |
| Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical products. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 06, 1934 |
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| Director: | John Francis Dillon |
| Writer: | Niven Busch, Rian James, Samuel G. Engel |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime |
| Keywords | con man, counterfeit, pre-code, racketeer, racket, druggist, racketeering, knockoff |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures, First National Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Niven Busch | Screenplay, Story |
| Orry-Kelly | Costume Design |
| Rian James | Screenplay |
| Sidney Hickox | Director of Photography |
| James Gibbon | Editor |
| John Hughes | Art Direction |
| John Francis Dillon | Director |
| Samuel G. Engel | Story |
| Bernhard Kaun | Original Music Composer |
| Thomas Richards | Editor |
| Maxwell Arnow | Casting Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Samuel Bischoff | Producer |
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