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The Public Pays ()

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A protection racket preying on milk distribution is broken through the persistence of law enforcement and the courage of a local businessman.
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Drunken Hood Who Knocks Over Milk Wagon (uncredited)
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Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)
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Grocer (uncredited)
Russ Clark ...
Officer Jerry (uncredited)
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Paige's Secretary (uncredited)
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Moore, Milk Company Executive (uncredited)
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Woman from the Relief Bureau (uncredited)
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Markovitz, Milk Company Executive (uncredited)
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Officer Donovan (uncredited)
George Humbert ...
Simonelli, Italian Milk Dealer (uncredited)
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Police Chief John Carney (uncredited)
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Racketeer (uncredited)
Boots Lebaron ...
Sonny (uncredited)
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Charles Paige (uncredited)
William Pawley ...
Kelly (uncredited)
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Moran's Hood (uncredited)
John Rice ...
Police Officer (uncredited)
Cap Somers ...
Police Officer (uncredited)
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John Allgren, Department of Justice (uncredited)
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Moran (uncredited)
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Chief's Assistant (uncredited)
Phillip Trent ...
MGM Crime Reporter (uncredited)
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Bartley - Moran's Assistant (uncredited)
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Dickman, Milk Company Executive (uncredited)
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The Association's Landlord (uncredited)

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Errol Taggart

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John C. Higgins ... (original story)
 
John C. Higgins ... (screen play)

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Jack Chertok ... producer (uncredited)
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Racketeers, led by Moran, set up what they call the Creamery Betterment Association. They quietly coerce dairy producers to join the association, which will control the dairy market by raising milk by three cents per bottle, one cent of which will go to the association. Moran's ultimate goal is for all three cents to go to the association. Those dairy producers who refuse to join are more forcefully coerced until they feel they have no other option but to join. The higher price of milk has a profound affect on consumers, some who can no longer afford this important product. One dairy producer who holds out of the association is Paige Creamery until Moran's gang threatens Paige's family. The police feel powerless to act until they have more concrete evidence. They convince Paige to continue to hold out so they can use his company as a front for their sting operation of Moran and his gang. Written by Huggo

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Also Known As
  • Crime Does Not Pay No. 8: The Public Pays (United States)
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  • 19 min
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Trivia The set for the crooks' office is the same one Clark Gable's character uses in Wife vs. Secretary (1936). See more »
Goofs The police chief of the city where the crooks set up their racket says he thought such crimes were usually only found in big cities and not a small one like his. However, outside the window of the crooks' office can be seen New York skyscrapers. See more »
Movie Connections Followed by Torture Money (1937). See more »
Quotes [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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