The Big Shakedown

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• Released: 1934
• Runtime: 61 mins
• Director: John Francis Dillon
• Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
• Genres: Drama - Crime

Former bootlegger Nick Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate drugs. The money makes it possible for Jimmy to marry Norma Frank, a pharmacy clerk. Expecting a baby, she wants Jimmy to quit the racket. Beaten by the mob, Jimmy works on, diluting the medications still further. Norma is rushed to the hospital for a premature delivery and given bogus medication.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Big Shakedown:

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Bette Davis

Ricardo Cortez

Glenda Farrell

Allen Jenkins

Henry O'Neill

Full Plot Details

Former bootlegger Nick Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate drugs. The money makes it possible for Jimmy to marry Norma Frank, a pharmacy clerk. Expecting a baby, she wants Jimmy to quit the racket. Beaten by the mob, Jimmy works on, diluting the medications still further. Norma is rushed to the hospital for a premature delivery and given bogus medication.

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