Series - MGM's Crime Does Not Pay
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- DirectorGeorge B. SeitzStarsBrooks BenedictJames EllisonChuck HamiltonAn embezzler who expects to serve his time in prison and then pick up his buried loot is in for a surprise.
- DirectorGeorge B. SeitzStarsGranville BatesAl BridgeEddie DunnHow police interrogation cracks the "airtight" alibi of a criminal.
- DirectorGeorge B. SeitzStarsRaymond HattonHarvey StephensErville AldersonA man kills his cousin in the desert, then assumes his identity and tries to collect insurance on himself.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsIrene HerveyRobert LivingstonRobert WarwickA young girl, wanting a life of luxury, takes the "easy" way, and winds up in jail.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsSam FlintWilliam GouldJonathan HaleA man runs over a young couple on a deserted road, then leaves the scene and tries to cover up the incident.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsHelene ChadwickRobert DudleyWilliam GouldThe City of New York Police Captain Detectives Hewitt tells the story of Alan Saunders, one of the most unusual criminals of our time, in "A Crime Does Not Pay Subject" short.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsNiles WelchAlonzo PriceJohn MarsdenStarts with "Anderson Family" court trial where wife testifies on the murder of her husband, while the police investigation finds some interesting twists to the crime.
- DirectorErrol TaggartStarsRichard AlexanderBarbara BedfordHarry C. BradleyA protection racket preying on milk distribution is broken through the persistence of law enforcement and the courage of a local businessman.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsEdwin MaxwellGeorge LynnMurray AlperPolice go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsJ. Carrol NaishKing BaggotWilliam BaileyFrom MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" Series. Mobsters convince a meat packing company employee to help them hijack a truckload of beef.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsLeslie FentonLeon AmesTed BillingsEntry number 11 in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with racketeers shaking down small grocers and horning in on the relief tickets, forcing prices up with the consumers paying the freight.
- DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsJanet BeecherClay ClementHoward HickmanThis entry in the Crime Does Not Pay series focuses on charity fraud. Two scam artists set themselves up as 'philanthropists' to help raise money for a local clinic, but the funds they raise never get to help the people who need it.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsEdward EmersonWalter KingsfordAnna Q. NilssonA police detective goes undercover as a criminal to get the goods on a shady lawyer who uses phony witnesses and perjury to get guilty clients acquitted.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsLionel RoyceGeorge HoustonJohn WrayRacketeers muscle in on construction business, use inferior materials, make big profits and endanger the public safety.
- DirectorLeslie FentonStarsJohn MiljanBoyd CrawfordRobert MiddlemassA quack doctor convinces people that this "Volta Ray" cures cancer, and the local medical examiners must figure out a way to put his fraudulent practice to an end.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsBernard NedellBernadene HayesRita La RoyA bank robber pulls off a heist and comes out with a good haul. However, he winds up being forced to give most of it to his gangland "friends" to hide him from the police, and who now turn their backs on him when his money runs out.
- DirectorLeslie FentonStarsGeorge P. BreakstonDavid DurandNorman Phillips Jr.An entry in the "Crime Does Not Pay" series, it tells the true story of how a young man, ignored by his parents, gets into a gang and starts a crime spree which leads to murder.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsStanley RidgesJohn EldredgeLouis Jean HeydtShows the role the crime laboratory plays in the solving of cases, and how even the smallest detail can become a major clue.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsLester MatthewsCharles D. BrownDon 'Red' BarryA gang of 'professional torches' burn down stores for the insurance money.
- DirectorGustav MachatýStarsKenneth HowellLinda PerryWilliam BaileyIn this entry in the "Crime Does Not Pay" series, young Ann Stevens and "Windy" Brown, against the advice of both sets of parents, run away and get married as they yearn for "independence." It isn't long before they find that they can't make it on their own, and one grab of easy money soon leads them down the path of crime.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsAlan DinehartPaul GuilfoyleJohn ButlerThe MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, who talks about the general want for money, and the extraordinary lengths to which some will go to get it. The loan sharking business has that want for money on both sides. He tells the story of one such loan shark, Stephen Hanley, who tried to pass his company off as a legitimate loan business, but who charged exorbitant rates, and used extortion and fraud to get out of his customers even more than what they may have owed on paper. McCormick, a news publisher, makes it his aim to expose Hanley for the loan shark he really is. But getting Hanley's disgruntled clients to cooperate is more difficult than expected, as Hanley's men not only use threats, but carry out those threats in scaring those who are going to talk and eventually sign affidavits against Hanley. Something unexpected and sad has to happen for the authorities to be able to haul in Hanley and his entire outfit.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsDick PurcellLenita LaneEgon BrecherAn episode in the "Crime Does Not Pay" series. Dave Miller, an aircraft plant worker, is actually selling secret bomber plans to foreign agents. United States Intelligence Department agents plan to trap him and the spies he works for.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsTom NealJo Ann SayersClem BevansA racketeer sets up an employment agency, and then sends his henchmen to lineup foremen in companies that employ unskilled labor. The foreman is promised a cut on each new man he hires, and the agency gets a whooping percentage of the new employee's first month wages. The foremen then fire the last new-hires and then another batch of new-hires goes through the cycle. And another after a month. And this continues month-after-month. Complaints from the laborers reaches the ears of the District Attorney. He steps in, with the aid of a young unskilled-laborer (Tom Neal) who had been tricked, and finally runs the gangster out of the Employment Agency business, after a murder has been committed
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsMarc LawrenceLaraine DayJo Ann SayersA pair of innocent young women, Margie and Ruth, are recruited by a gang to work in a major shoplifting ring.
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsDick PurcellJo Ann SayersRichard LaneIn this Crime Does Not Pay series entry, John Jones is an up and coming businessman who drinks too much but denies he has a problem. One day he mixes drinking and driving, and the tragic consequences hit very close to home.