The Big Shakedown (1934)

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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 - New Salesman

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Regan - Bartender

Renee Whitney

Mae LaRue

G. Pat Collins

Gyp
(as George Pat Collins)

Adrian Morris

Trigger

Ben Hendricks Jr.

Spike
(as Ben Hendricks)

George Cooper

Shorty

Oscar Apfel

Digitalis Doctor
(Nicht genannt)

Harry C. Bradley

Third Drug Store Proprietor
(Nicht genannt)

Matt Briggs

Robert J. Wilbur
(Nicht genannt)

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Wissenswertes
Final film of director John Francis Dillon.

Patzer
When Jimmy and Higgins are fighting in the car, Higgins' position starts off behind the driver and ends up behind the passenger seat. However in the next cut when the fighting is shown through the car mirror, Wiggins's position is the opposite of how it should appear in the mirror.

Zitate
Dutch Barnes: Don't you chumps know when you're licked?

Crazy Credits
Opening credits are shown over a background of coins and bills. Then the lead actors are shown above their written names.

Verbindungen
Referenced in This Is Your Life: Bette Davis (1971)

Soundtracks
Free
(uncredited)
Lyrics by Edward Heyman
Music by Dana Suesse
Played during the opening photo credits and often in the score

Jimmy Morrell (Charles Farrell) and Norma Nelson (Bette Davis) run a local pharmacy. They are getting married and she wants to do bigger business. Meanwhile, gangster Dutch Barnes (Ricardo Cortez) is pushing his brand of beer, but it's been tough going since prohibition ended. Instead, he gets into counterfeiting products with the druggist couple.

This needs a more charismatic gangster to lead. Instead, the big future star is Bette Davis and she doesn't have the flashy central role. This ends up as a passable crime B-movie. That is fine but it's nothing special. It can't elevate beyond its level.