"A New Type of Racket Exposed! In This Thrilling Underworld Drama" 06 January 1934 Drama, Crime 61 mins
Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical products.
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Charles Farrell as Jimmy Morrell
Bette Davis as Norma Nelson
Ricardo Cortez as Dutch Barnes
Glenda Farrell as Lily 'Lil' Duran
Allen Jenkins as Lefty
Henry O'Neill as Mr. Sheffner
Dewey Robinson as Slim
John Wray as Higgins
Philip Faversham as John
Robert Emmett O'Connor as Regan
Renee Whitney as Mae LaRue
G. Pat Collins as Gyp
Adrian Morris as Trigger
Ben Hendricks Jr. as Spike
George Cooper as Shorty
Oscar Apfel as Digitalis Doctor (uncredited)
Niven Busch Screenplay
John Francis Dillon Director
Rian James Screenplay
Samuel G. Engel Story
Niven Busch Story
Bernhard Kaun Original Music Composer
James Gibbon Editor
Thomas Richards Editor
Sidney Hickox Director of Photography
Orry-Kelly Costume Design
Samuel Bischoff Producer
John Hughes Art Direction
Maxwell Arnow Casting Director
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United States 06 January 1934
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