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Drogas Infernais

Título original: The Big Shakedown
  • 1934
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 4 min
AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb
6,2/10
1,2 mil
SUA AVALIAÇÃO
Bette Davis, Ricardo Cortez, Charles Farrell, Glenda Farrell, and Allen Jenkins in Drogas Infernais (1934)
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CrimeDrama

Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaRacketeers flood the market with counterfeit cosmetics and drugs, causing some tragedies.Racketeers flood the market with counterfeit cosmetics and drugs, causing some tragedies.Racketeers flood the market with counterfeit cosmetics and drugs, causing some tragedies.

  • Direção
    • John Francis Dillon
  • Roteiristas
    • Niven Busch
    • Rian James
    • Samuel G. Engel
  • Artistas
    • Charles Farrell
    • Bette Davis
    • Ricardo Cortez
  • Veja as informações de produção no IMDbPro
  • AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb
    6,2/10
    1,2 mil
    SUA AVALIAÇÃO
    • Direção
      • John Francis Dillon
    • Roteiristas
      • Niven Busch
      • Rian James
      • Samuel G. Engel
    • Artistas
      • Charles Farrell
      • Bette Davis
      • Ricardo Cortez
    • 23Avaliações de usuários
    • 11Avaliações da crítica
  • Veja as informações de produção no IMDbPro
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    Charles Farrell
    Charles Farrell
    • Jimmy Morrell
    Bette Davis
    Bette Davis
    • Norma Nelson
    Ricardo Cortez
    Ricardo Cortez
    • Dutch Barnes
    Glenda Farrell
    Glenda Farrell
    • Lily 'Lil' Duran
    Allen Jenkins
    Allen Jenkins
    • Lefty
    Henry O'Neill
    Henry O'Neill
    • Mr. Sheffner
    Dewey Robinson
    Dewey Robinson
    • Slim
    John Wray
    John Wray
    • Higgins
    Philip Faversham
    Philip Faversham
    • John - New Salesman
    Robert Emmett O'Connor
    Robert Emmett O'Connor
    • Regan - Bartender
    Renee Whitney
    Renee Whitney
    • Mae LaRue
    G. Pat Collins
    G. Pat Collins
    • Gyp
    • (as George Pat Collins)
    Adrian Morris
    • Trigger
    Ben Hendricks Jr.
    • Spike
    • (as Ben Hendricks)
    George Cooper
    George Cooper
    • Shorty
    Oscar Apfel
    Oscar Apfel
    • Digitalis Doctor
    • (não creditado)
    Harry C. Bradley
    Harry C. Bradley
    • Third Drug Store Proprietor
    • (não creditado)
    Matt Briggs
    Matt Briggs
    • Robert J. Wilbur
    • (não creditado)
    • Direção
      • John Francis Dillon
    • Roteiristas
      • Niven Busch
      • Rian James
      • Samuel G. Engel
    • Elenco e equipe completos
    • Produção, bilheteria e muito mais no IMDbPro

    Avaliações de usuários23

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    luminous Davis

    Although this is typical of the low-budget quickies that Warners churned out like hotcakes in the Thirties it offers Bette Davis in her most youthfully appealing "down-to-earth platinum blonde girl" phase. You can find the same character in THREE ON A MATCH, THE GIRL FROM 10TH AVENUE, THE PETRIFIED FOREST and others. She exudes an innocent but intelligent, unaffected femininity that seems to have evaporated by the time she hit her stride with JEZEBEL, so it's good that this phase of her career is preserved - if only to track her evolution as an actress. Note the energy and vitality she injects (perhaps effortlessly) into a supporting role as the girlfriend-wife, stealing every scene she's in - without relying on conventional beauty. It's kind of fun also to see how the scenarists managed to leap from one implausible, contrived plot development to the next - but that's a secondary matter because most of these films were beyond belief. The point was to make a moral point, not to be narratively convincing. The point here being: evil gangsters, beware of the authorities because they'll get you!
    5jjnxn-1

    B-Movie 101

    B-movie without an original thought in its script. Naive protagonist used by some crooked hood. Check. Pretty ingénue who stands steadfastly by her man while hoping for domesticity. Check again. Wised up, gum chewing doll who gets double crossed, turns informant and pays a price. You bet. And on and on it goes. You can practically see the conventions of the genre click by as the picture unfolds.

    It's not that the movie isn't entertaining if you like the formula but it holds zero surprises. The actors all do their jobs professionally. Charles Farrell, one of the better looking men to ever appear on screen, is earnest and callow in the lead but not very memorable. Ricardo Cortez, Allen Jenkins and many other familiar character actors whose livelihood during these years was playing hoods fill their roles expertly but again their roles are standard stuff. Also nobody could play the flashy moll like Glenda Farrell.

    The only thing that makes this different than the hundreds of other programmers churned out by Hollywood during the thirties is the presence of a very young Bette Davis as the ingénue. She looks great in her extreme blondness and exudes her customary confidence on screen but her part is a nothing. It's no wonder she ultimately rebelled against Warners since they continued to stick her in junk like this even after she had attained star billing and an Oscar.
    Michael_Elliott

    Gangsters Brush Their Teeth

    Big Shakedown, The (1934)

    ** 1/2 (out of 4)

    Here's yet another Warner crime picture but this one here is about as far-fetched as you can get. A young pharmacist (Charles Farrell) isn't making too much cash in his store, which means he can't marry the girl (Bette Davis) he loves. At the same time a gangster (Ricardo Cortez) realizes there's no market for beer so he gets the bright idea of making fake toothpaste, female products and eventually medicine and hires to pharmacist to make it for him. Before long the gangster has the pharmacies by the neck and soon a tragedy happens. This film runs a very quick 62-minutes and if you're a fan of "B" movies then there's quite a bit to enjoy here. Yes, the story itself is rather silly at times and the final "message" included in a three paragraph newspaper report that we're forced to read is even sillier. I think fans of Warner and the terrific cast are going to enjoy what's on display here as long as they don't go in expecting THE PUBLIC ENEMY or anything of that quality. Farrell is pretty good in his role, although I'm sure many would argue that he's a bit too laid back in part. I thought this actually helped because his character really wouldn't be the type to do anything else than what he goes through here. By this time in his career Cortez was already a master at playing low-level hoods and he's fun to watch as usual. The supporting cast includes Glenda Farrell playing the gangster's mole and we get Allen Jenkins in for a few laughs. Davis isn't the Davis that is now a legend but I always enjoy seeing her in these early movies where she's yet to really hit her stride. Her performance is just fine so fans will have fun here. The director at least keeps the film moving at a fast pace and thankfully it doesn't go on too long because there's really not enough story here for much more. THE BIG SHAKEDOWN is a "B" movie all the way but as long as you don't expect too much it's not too hard to not have fun with the cast.
    6MikeMagi

    The counterfeit game...

    Back in the days when stardom meant signing a seven-year contract, Bette Davis didn't have much choice but to play the wife of a struggling pharmacist, who gets mixed up with the mob, in this mellerdrama. Hubby Charles Farrell is conscripted by gangster Ricardo Cortez to make counterfeit products like tooth paste and face powder. But when Cortez demands cheap knock-offs of high-priced medication, lives are in danger...Bette's included. She plays the ingénue role surprisingly well without the tics and mannerisms which would mark (and sometimes mar) her later career. Tall, handsome Charles Farrell, on the other hand, couldn't act. To say that he had two expressions is putting it generously. Fortunately, Cortez as the suave hood behind the counterfeiting scheme takes up the slack and Glenda Farrell drops seductively by as a gun moll who knows too much. A pretty entertaining B movie made moreso by the youthful Bette Davis.
    5lugonian

    Something in Common

    THE BIG SHAKEDOWN (First National Pictures, 1934), directed by John Francis Dillon, is not a story about the San Francisco earthquake. It's a minor crime drama taken from a story "Cut Rate" by Sam Engels dealing with a couple of business partners from opposite sides. Not as famous as other films of this nature, but notable for an early screen appearance of Bette Davis, going on three years as a contract player with another three years to go for super stardom status and out of movie quickies such as this. Second billed under Charles Farrell, best known for his twelve movies opposite Janet Gaynor for Fox Films (1927-1934), with career declining as quickly as it had risen, having much more to do here than Davis.

    Opening with character introduction, the story begins with the daily routine inside a neighborhood drug store: Norma Nelson (Bette Davis), a druggist copes with customers along with its owner, Jimmy Morrell (Charles Farrell), a chemist whom she loves and hopes to marry. Though Jimmy is satisfied with his drug store business, it's Norma who feels he could do a whole lot better. Things start to improve for Jimmy with the arrival of "Dutch" Barnes (Ricardo Cortez), a racketeer who had made a fortune bootlegging beer, finding himself out of business after the repeal of Prohibition. Coming to the drug store for a headache power which he does not have, Barnes is given a substitute Jimmy has made himself that is just as good. After Barnes tests toothpaste products against those made by Jimmy with his mob, "Lefty" (Allen Jenkins); "Slim" (Dewey Robinson); "Trigger" (Adrian Morris) and "Shorty" (George Cooper), not being able to tell the difference, both Barnes and Jimmy go into business for a better career. Once Jimmy discovers he's actually selling counterfeit patent medicines and putting manufacturers out of business, he finds that Barnes refuses to release Jimmy from his obligation to him.

    The supporting cast includes Glenda Farrell (Lil Durand); Henry O'Neill (Sheffner); Renee Whitney (May LaRue); Robert Emmett O'Connor (Regan, the Bartender) and Samuel S. Hinds (Mr. Kophlsadt). Though a straight dramatic story, Sidney Miller adds some humor as a Jewish boy taking notes of all his drug store expenses.

    Although THE BIG SHAKEDOWN crams many situations into its brief 61 minutes, results are somewhat satisfying. With Farrell and Cortez carrying on much of the plot, it offers Davis nothing in regards of challenging range. Ricardo Cortez is good yet typical as the bad guy, a role in which he excels, though never ranged in the high degree of a Humphrey Bogart. Like Bogey, Cortez could excel in playing a good-natured hero just as well (check out his underrated performance in 1932s SYMPHONY OF SIX MILLION). Glenda Farrell (no relation to Charles) breaks away from her wisecracking character as Cortez's girl, only to face some consequences for her actions.

    Never distributed on video cassette, THE BIG SHAKEDOWN began to gain some cable television recognition starting on Turner Network Television (TNT) in 1989 before becoming a permanent fixture on Turner Classic Movies starting in 1994 and availability on DVD. Although the drama offers no great shakes, THE BIG SHAKEDOWN is worthy viewing more for its Warner Brothers stock players, especially a young Bette Davis. (**1/2)

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    • Curiosidades
      Final film of director John Francis Dillon.
    • Erros de gravação
      When Jimmy and Higgins are fighting in the car, Higgins' position starts off behind the driver and ends up behind the passenger seat. However in the next cut when the fighting is shown through the car mirror, Wiggins's position is the opposite of how it should appear in the mirror.
    • Citações

      Dutch Barnes: Don't you chumps know when you're licked?

    • Cenas durante ou pós-créditos
      Opening credits are shown over a background of coins and bills. Then the lead actors are shown above their written names.
    • Conexões
      Referenced in This Is Your Life: Bette Davis (1971)
    • Trilhas sonoras
      Free
      (uncredited)

      Lyrics by Edward Heyman

      Music by Dana Suesse

      Played during the opening photo credits and often in the score

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    • Data de lançamento
      • 6 de janeiro de 1934 (Estados Unidos da América)
    • País de origem
      • Estados Unidos da América
    • Idioma
      • Inglês
    • Também conhecido como
      • The Big Shakedown
    • Locações de filme
      • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, Califórnia, EUA
    • Empresa de produção
      • First National Pictures
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