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Racketeers 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.
G. Pat Collins
- Gyp
- (as George Pat Collins)
Ben Hendricks Jr.
- Spike
- (as Ben Hendricks)
Oscar Apfel
- Digitalis Doctor
- (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
- Third Drug Store Proprietor
- (uncredited)
Matt Briggs
- Robert J. Wilbur
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFinal film of director John Francis Dillon.
- GoofsWhen 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.
- Quotes
Dutch Barnes: Lefty, what's our racket?
Lefty: Beer!
Dutch Barnes: Beer, huh, you're five minutes late. We're going into the drug business.
Lefty: Not me. I got a brother doing twenty years for going into the drug business and all they found on him was two decks of coke.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits are shown over a background of coins and bills. Then the lead actors are shown above their written names.
- ConnectionsReferenced in This Is Your Life: Bette Davis (1971)
- SoundtracksFree
(uncredited)
Lyrics by Edward Heyman
Music by Dana Suesse
Played during the opening photo credits and often in the score
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Bad early Davis
It was films like this that caused Bette Davis to flee to England in an attempt to break her Hollywood contract. During the early '30s, she was forced into quickies with weak stories, bland co-stars and mediocre directors and was never given much chance to utilize her talents as a superb actress. She is co-starred here with Charles Farrell, who was a superstar of the silents but didn't seem to click in talkies. (He went on the gain fame on television in "My Little Margie" and personal fame as the mayor of Palm Springs). Ricardo Cortez plays his usual role as a gangster, this time utilizing Farrell's training as a pharmacists to black market bogus drugs. They start with toothpaste!!!!.....but soon move on to more dangerous territory. Frankly, I found the premise just a bit ridiculous and the acting even more so. Miss Davis looks like she would rather be somewhere else and has little to do. Cortez really overdoes it and Farrell is just downright bad. If you like Bette Davis, then you might want to see this film if for no other reason than to get a glimpse of what low grade junk assignments she had to put up with early in her career. Otherwise, it's not worth it.
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- Bucs1960
- May 18, 2006
Details
- Runtime1 hour 4 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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