This was the last film directed by john francis dillon, who died in april 1934. Shakedown is a 1988 action thriller starring peter weller as ronald dalton, a new york public defender who finds that his drug dealer client who is accused of shooting an undercover nypd officer may be involved in a deeper case of corruption involved other officers in the department. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Photo by lmpc via getty images textfortogglebutton17098500.
Once the racket expands into fullon medical fraud, though, farrell starts. With charles farrell, bette davis, ricardo cortez, glenda farrell. An idealistic but naive pharmacist believes the mobsters who claim they. The film also stars ricardo cortez and glenda farrell and is director john francis dillons final film. A list of american feature films released in 1934 it happened one night won best picture at the 7th academy awards on february 27, 1935. The big shakedown 1934 directed by john francis dillon.
A complete list of the films in john grants a comprehensive encyclopedia of film noir. The big shakedown not rated 1h 4min crime, drama 6 january 1934 usa racketeers flood the market with counterfeit cosmetics and drugs, causing some tragedies. As a film, it falls closer to ripped from the headlines dreck like the original reefer madness or i accuse my parents than anything youd expect out of a studio system firing near the peak of its creative output. Jimmy may be a pharmaceutical genius, but hes a complete moron. Bette davis and charles farrell in the big shakedown 1934 ricardo cortez in the big. Buy the big shakedown movie posters from movie poster shop. Its a crime and drama movie with an average imdb audience rating of 6. The big shakedown 1934 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Ruth elizabeth bette davis was a famous american film, television and theatre actress. If not the best precode picture, the big shakedown is certainly one of the more entertainingly absurd. Buy the big shakedown dvd full frame, manufactured on demand, mono sound at. The big shakedown movie posters from movie poster shop. Dalton then enlists the help of veteran nypd detective richie marks sam elliott to help.
The big shakedown is a 1934 american precode drama film starring charles farrell and bette davis, and directed by john francis dillon. The plot of the film involves extraterrestrial beings who are seeking to stop humans from creating a doomsday weapon that would destroy the universe. The dark horse is a warner comedy at its very best as we. Gangsters, put out of business by repeal of prohibition, find a chemist to counterfeit drugstore products. The big shakedown is available in a nice remastered print from the warner archive. Telecharger the big shakedown film complet en francais vf. As a film, it falls closer to ripped from the headlines dreck like the. As a child, morris performed with his family in a vaudeville act. The big shakedown 1934 john francis dillon synopsis.
In this she is a youngster, full of pep and impossibly slim. A legal attorney and renegade cop team up to stop a corrupt cop. The big shakedown dvdr 1934 warner archive collection. The big shakedown original theatrical trailer youtube. That the deal will pad his own pockets with muchneeded cash. An exbootlegger forces a druggist to make bad medicine, and the druggists bride gets some. In the course of doing so, the aliens implement plan 9, a scheme to resurrect earths dead as what modern audiences would consider zombies called ghouls in the film itself to get the planet. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. The big shakedown 1934 full movie online free english.
The big shakedown has been added to your cart add to cart. Allen jenkins, glenda farrell, charles farrell, bette davis, ricardo cortez on midget window card, 1934. The big shakedown has a screenplay by niven busch and rian james. While this site will explore practically every movie produced between 1930 and july 1934, that doesnt mean that all of those films are precode movies. Bootleg toothpaste, jewish stereotypes, a murderer getting off scotfree, drug humor, cough syrupholics its just another day on the warner brothers lot. If you want the complete series purchase the mill creek entertainment collection, it is 2 volumes and contains all the episodes.
Warner archive dvd collection informal collection list. Buy or rent the big shakedown movie now family video. Over a long career spanning six decades, she had made appearances in several successful and top grossing films, such as the man who played god 1932, dangerous 1935, and the little foxes 1941. See more ideas about movie stars, classic hollywood and old hollywood. Charles farrell, ricardo cortez, bette davis, allen jenkins, henry oneill, glenda farrell screenplay. Former bootlegger dutch barnes pressures neighborhood druggist jimmy morrell into making cutrate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical products. Niven busch and rian james, based upon a story by niven busch and samuel g. Norma bette davis works in a neighborhood drugstore and asks owner and boyfriend jimmy morrell charles farrell to. Exbootlegger ricardo cortez forces druggist charles farrell to make bad medicine. Bette davis full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. The big shakedown 1934 an exbootlegger ricardo cortez forces a druggist charles farrell to make bad medicine, and the druggists bride bette. Charles farrell, bette davis, ricardo cortez, glenda farrell, allen jenkins, john francis dillon.
Racketeers flood the market with counterfeit cosmetics and. Engel in the mid1930s, warners made several films dealing with outofwork gangsters figuring out their next move in. With peter weller, sam elliott, richard brooks, jude ciccolella. The big shakedown 1934 and you call yourself a scientist. The screenplay is based on the story cut rate by niven busch and samuel g. An idealistic but naive pharmacist believes the mobsters who claim they want him to manufacture illegal medicine to help out the poor. Counsellor at law 1933 glamour 1934 the good fairy 1935. The big shakedown is cheap, shallow, and moralistic in the stupidest ways possible. This list of precode films was culled from several books on the subject, and while it may not be. The dark horse 1932 out of 4 the dimwitted zachary hicks guy kibbee gets nominated for governor through a complete mistake but since hes such a long horse his secretary bette davis suggests that they hire political spinner hal blake warren william to try and help them win the election. As a film, it falls closer to ripped from the headlines dreck like the original reefer madness or i accuse my parents than anything youd expect out of a studio system.
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