1934

The Big Shakedown

  • 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. .

Cast

Bette DavisNorma Nelson
Ricardo CortezDutch Barnes
Glenda FarrellLily 'Lil' Duran
Allen JenkinsLefty
Henry O'NeillMr. Sheffner
Dewey RobinsonSlim

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