The Big Shakedown

A New Type of Racket Exposed! In This Thrilling Underworld Drama

Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical products.

Drama Crime

Charles Farrell

(Jimmy Morrell)

Bette Davis

(Norma Nelson)

Ricardo Cortez

(Dutch Barnes)

Glenda Farrell

(Lily 'Lil' Duran)

Allen Jenkins

(Lefty)

Henry O'Neill

(Mr. Sheffner)

Dewey Robinson

(Slim)

John Wray

(Higgins)

Philip Faversham

(John)

Robert Emmett O'Connor

(Regan)

Renee Whitney

(Mae LaRue)

G. Pat Collins

(Gyp)

Adrian Morris

(Trigger)

Ben Hendricks Jr.

(Spike)

George Cooper

(Shorty)

Oscar Apfel

(Digitalis Doctor (uncredited))

William B. Davidson

(District Attorney (uncredited))

Alphonse Ethier

(Norma's Doctor (uncredited))

Sidney Miller

(Boy Buying Ice Cream (uncredited))

Kathrin Clare Ward

(Mrs. Fagan (uncredited))