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19 October 1935 (USA)
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A man kills his cousin in the desert, then assumes his identity and tries to collect insurance on himself. | Add synopsis »
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Murder in the desert
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Cast
(in credits order) | Raymond Hatton | ... | George aka Old Lesh |
| Harvey Stephens | ... | Bob Mehaffey |
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| Erville Alderson | ... | Sheriff (uncredited) |
 | Richard Carlson | ... | MGM Reporter (uncredited) |
| John Hyams | ... | Burton James (uncredited) |
| Arthur Stone | ... | John Collins (uncredited) |
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| George B. Seitz | |||
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| Jack Chertok | .... | producer | |
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| David Snell | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
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- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1935) (USA) (theatrical)
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"Crime Does Not Pay No. 3: Desert Death" - USA (series title)
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USA:21 min
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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*** This review may contain spoilers ***
A Crime Does Not Pay Series entry and one of the very few that includes acting credits. In this case, it's Raymond Hatton as Old Lesh and Harvey Stephens as the insurance investigator. A perk of this episode is seeing Richard Carlson in an uncredited role as the MGM reporter; Carlson went on to a solid acting career. Old Lesh receives a letter from his cousin, John Collins, asking if he can come and stay with him to regain his health. Old Lesh agrees and then six months after arriving, John dies in an apparently accidental car wreck. John had a $75,000 life insurance policy with a double indemnity clause in case of accidentally death with Old Lesh as the beneficiary. Given the size of the policy, the insurance company sends out an investigator. The investigator meets up with the local Sheriff and together they review the accident scene and interview Old Lesh. The Sheriff is satisfied with Old Lesh's story but the investigator is not. It's pretty interesting how the investigator unravels the insurance scam - a lot of little clues add up to the truth. It was a scam with a twist. A good entry in the series and highly watchable.