The Big Shakedown (1934)

Director
John Francis Dillon

Main cast
Bette Davis; Ricardo Cortez; Glenda Farrell; Allen Jenkins; Henry O'Neill

Genres
Drama, Crime

Description
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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