The Big Shakedown

Craving the cash so he can settle down with girlfriend clerk Bette Davis, struggling pharmacist Charles Farrell reluctantly partners with bootlegger Ricardo Cortez for the manufacture of knock-off cosmetics. When the greedy gangster wants to expand the operation into diluted drugs, however, a prescription for tragedy is certain to be filled. Pre-Code crime opus co-stars Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins. 61 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.