The Big Shakedown follows pharmacist Jimmy, who desperate to wed his beautiful fiancé Norma as soon as possible gets involved with a gang of dodgy bootleggers headed by wise guy Dutch who latch on to the fact that Jimmy can replicate any pharmaceutical item for half the price. The plan is to get Jimmy to make the products cheaply whilst the gang pocket the difference, but when Norma unknowingly ingests some of the cheaply made product Jimmy has been forced into making during labour, she loses her baby. Jimmy is horrified and seeks vengeance.
Bette Davis does her usual sultry, strong performance here, and does her part well, despite the fact that a lot of these films have very little to offer overall. Enjoyable to a degree.
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