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The Big Shakedown is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film starring Charles Farrell and Bette Davis, and directed by John Francis Dillon. The screenplay is based on the story "Cut Rate" by Niven Busch and Samuel G. Engel.
The Big Shakedown: Directed by John Francis Dillon. With Charles Farrell, Bette Davis, Ricardo Cortez, Glenda Farrell. Racketeers flood the market with counterfeit cosmetics and drugs, causing some tragedies.
One of several movies made by Bette Davis in 1933, The Big Shakedown (1934) is considered the runt of the litter - if only because the actress is stuck playing the good girl role of fiancé (and later wife) to pharmacist hero Charles Farrell while fourth-billed Glenda Farrell, as a racketeer's moll, gets to have all the fun. (Worse yet, the ...
Sep 25, 2022 · THE BIG SHAKEDOWN, a photoplay in seven reels by First National Pictures. (C) 30Dec33; LP4372. United Artists Associated, Inc. (PWH); 9Mar61; R272618.
As a B-movie featuring several major stars in career transition—some up, some down—The Big Shakedown is exemplary of the films that shaped this pivotal period of Davis’ career in the years before she shot to super stardom.
An ex-bootlegger (Ricardo Cortez) forces a druggist (Charles Farrell) to make bad medicine, and the druggist's bride (Bette Davis) gets some.
- Crime, Drama
Overview. Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical products. Niven Busch. Screenplay, Story. John Francis Dillon. Director. Rian James. Screenplay. Samuel G. Engel. Story.
