"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)
Rian James Screenplay
Niven Busch Screenplay
John Francis Dillon Director
Niven Busch Story
Samuel G. Engel Story
Bernhard Kaun Original Music Composer
John Hughes Art Direction
Samuel Bischoff Producer
Orry-Kelly Costume Design
Thomas Richards Editor
James Gibbon Editor
Sidney Hickox Director of Photography
Maxwell Arnow Casting Director
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