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9 June 1945 (USA)
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This Crime Does Not Pay entry focuses on fake spiritualists. A mother is worried about her son, who is missing in action...
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A sensible course in "How to Avoid being Conned"
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Cast
(in alphabetical order) | Dorothy Adams | ... | Dr. Trykel's Associate (uncredited) |
 | Morris Ankrum | ... | Off-screen Narrator (uncredited) |
| King Baggot | ... | Photo of Con Artist (uncredited) |
| Wally Cassell | ... | Philip Kenneson, Jr. (uncredited) |
| Ralph Dunn | ... | Detective Lester (uncredited) |
| Harry Hayden | ... | Gus Conklin - Trykel's Assistant (uncredited) |
| Lloyd Ingraham | ... | High School Principal (uncredited) |
| Howard M. Mitchell | ... | Butcher (uncredited) |
 | Frank Reicher | ... | Philip Murray Kenneson, Sr. (uncredited) |
| Arthur Shields | ... | Dr. Rupert Trykel (uncredited) |
| Ann Shoemaker | ... | Mrs. Martha Kenneson (uncredited) |
| Crane Whitley | ... | Inspector Becker (uncredited) |
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| Harold Young | |||
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| Brainerd Duffield | (original story) | |
| Edward Bock | (screenplay) | |
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| Max Terr | |||
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| Jackson Rose | |||
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| Harry Komer | |||
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| Richard Duce | |||
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| Albert Glasser | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
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- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1945) (USA) (theatrical)
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"Crime Does Not Pay (#45): Phantoms, Inc." - USA (series title)
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17 min
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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On the strength of a positive recommendation, I watched this documentary short with little in mind other than to see what it was all about. The title alone, "Phantoms, Inc.", was enough to drag me in, and when someone said it was worth viewing, well, I was hooked. I'm sad to say there is virtually no entertainment value to the offering. It is downright depressing. It is the kind of thing which ought to be shown in schools as part of a course on how to use your common sense in life, and not rely on superstition, supernatural belief systems, and the word of con men. If a person is so gullible as to believe in mediums and soothsayers, then they should view this film. But for someone simply looking for entertainment, don't bother.