Anecdotes

Final film of director John Francis Dillon.

The $1.00 at the time this 1934 movie was released would be worth $23.50 in 2024.

Bette Davis and Ricardo Cortez would both appear in one other film, Agent spécial (1935).

This film's earliest documented telecast took place in Indianapolis Saturday 8 December 1956 on WFBM (Channel 6); it first aired in Boston Wednesday 9 January 1957 on WBZ (Channel 4), in Boise Tuesday 15 January 1957 on KBOI (Channel 2), in Buffalo Sunday 3 February 1957 on WBEN (Channel 4), in San Francisco Thursday 21 February 1957 on KRON (Channel 4), in Spokane Tuesday 26 February 1957 on KREM (Channel 2), and in Shreveport Sunday 21 April 1957 on KTBS (Channel 3).

The Big Shakedown (1934) is an American pre-Code crime drama film starring Charles Farrell and Bette Davis, and directed by John Francis Dillon. The screenplay is based on the story "Cut Rate" by Niven Busch and Samuel G. Engel. The film also stars Ricardo Cortez and Glenda Farrell and was director Dillon's final film.