A young girl, wanting a life of luxury, takes the "easy" way, and winds up in jail.A young girl, wanting a life of luxury, takes the "easy" way, and winds up in jail.A young girl, wanting a life of luxury, takes the "easy" way, and winds up in jail.
Photos
Jack Chefe
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
- Passerby
- (uncredited)
Jack Deery
- Faculty Member
- (uncredited)
Fred Graham
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
- Police Car Driver
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Alice Moore
- Women's Prison Warden
- (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
- Detective John Hennessey
- (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
- Police Lab Technician
- (uncredited)
Poppy Wilde
- Night Club Patron
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFourth of 48 MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" shorts released from 1935 to 1947.
- GoofsThe story is supposed to take place in New York, but when the police are studying a wall map marked with the locations of the crimes, it's clearly a map of Los Angeles.
- Quotes
Thelma Black: We thought we were smart, but the police were smarter.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Hit-and-Run Driver (1935)
Featured review
good cautionary tale
It's MGM Crime Does Not Pay Series #4. Thelma starts out with all the promise in the world but ends up as one of the woman inmates in the opening scene. She wanted to enjoy herself and becomes entangled by her husband Steve Black. He pulls her further and further into his crimes.
A lot of these Crime Don't Pay shorts are a little silly but this one is actually a good cautionary tale. Most women in prison are there due to their partners' crimes. That doesn't make this good cinema but most of these aren't.
A lot of these Crime Don't Pay shorts are a little silly but this one is actually a good cautionary tale. Most women in prison are there due to their partners' crimes. That doesn't make this good cinema but most of these aren't.
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- SnoopyStyle
- Oct 15, 2021
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- Also known as
- Crime Does Not Pay Series No. 4: 'A Thrill for Thelma'
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- Runtime18 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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