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The Big Shakedown
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The Big Shakedown

1934
Directed byJohn Francis Dillon
1h 1m

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

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Charles FarrellJimmy MorrellBette DavisNorma NelsonRicardo CortezDutch Barnes
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GENRES
DramaCrime
STATUSReleased
RATING
5.6

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