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Release Date:
10 October 1936 (USA) morePlot:
A protection racket preying on milk distribution is broken through the persistence of law enforcement and the courage of a local businessman. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Won Oscar. moreUser Comments:
Crime Still Does Not Pay moreCast
(Cast) | Richard Alexander | ... | Drunken Hood Who Knocks Over Milk Wagon (uncredited) |
| Barbara Bedford | ... | Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited) |
| Harry C. Bradley | ... | Grocer (uncredited) |
| Betty Ross Clarke | ... | Paige's Secretary (uncredited) |
| Russ Clark | ... | Officer Jerry (uncredited) |
| John Dilson | ... | Moore, Milk Company Executive (uncredited) |
| Bess Flowers | ... | Bit (uncredited) |
| Karl Hackett | ... | Markovitz, Milk Company Executive (uncredited) |
| Robert Homans | ... | Officer Donovan (uncredited) |
| George Humbert | ... | Simonelli, Italian Milk Dealer (uncredited) |
| Cy Kendall | ... | Police Chief John Carney (uncredited) |
| Ivan Miller | ... | Charles Paige (uncredited) |
| William Pawley | ... | Kelly (uncredited) |
| Frank Puglia | ... | Moran's Hood (uncredited) |
| Edwin Stanley | ... | John Allgren, Department of Justice (uncredited) |
| Paul Stanton | ... | Moran (uncredited) |
| Ben Taggart | ... | Chief's Assistant (uncredited) |
| Phillip Trent | ... | MGM Crime Reporter (uncredited) |
| Emmett Vogan | ... | Bartley - Moran's Assistant (uncredited) |
| Frederick Vogeding | ... | Dickman, Milk Company Executive (uncredited) |
| Eddy Waller | ... | The Association's Landlord (uncredited) |
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19 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Certification:
USA:ApprovedFun Stuff
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The set for the crooks' office is the same one Clark Gable's character uses in Wife vs. Secretary (1936). moreQuotes:
[last lines]John Allgren, Department of Justice: Extortion demands good organization, clever brains, and much money, but extortion cannot operate against a brave man who faces down these parasites and goes to the police for help. He cannot be robbed!
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Public Pays, The (1936)
*** (out of 4)
Crime Does Not Pay
Oscar winning short from MGM's Crime Doesn't Pay series. Gangster move to small cities throughout America so that they can take over the milk business thinking the hick cops won't be able to stop them. This short will entertain anyone interesting in the gangster films that were being made at the time. There's plenty of nice action including one scene with a milk tanker being shot. There's also some nice laughs along the way.