Big Shakedown The (Bette Davis) [1934] @! avi

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



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.