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The Big Shakedown is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Francis Dillon released in USA on 6 january 1934 with Charles Farrell

The Big Shakedown (1934)

The Big Shakedown
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Released in USA 6 january 1934
Length 1h4
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating61% 3.0969753.0969753.0969753.0969753.096975

The Big Shakedown is a 1934 American Pre-Code drama film starring Charles Farrell and Bette Davis and directed by John Francis Dillon, his final film. The screenplay by Rian James and Niven Busch is based on the story Cut Rate by Busch and Samuel G. Engel. The supporting cast includes Ricardo Cortez and Glenda Farrell.

Synopsis

The melodramatic plot of the Warner Bros. release centers on Jimmy Morrell and Norma Nelson, who plan to wed as soon as their neighborhood pharmacy begins to show a profit. The opportunity arises when former bootlegger Dutch Barnes offers Jimmy a job duplicating name brand toothpaste and cosmetics that can be made cheaply and then sold in the bottles and jars of reputable pharmaceutical companies at regular prices. When Dutch asks him to copy the formula for a popular brand of antiseptic, Jimmy refuses, claiming he's unable to get a key ingredient, but when Dutch offers him a bonus hefty enough to allow Jimmy to marry Norma, he agrees.

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