The Public Pays (1936)
19m
Running Time
October 10, 1936Release Date
The Public Pays (1936)
19m
Running Time
October 10, 1936Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, 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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Cast & Crew.
Richard Alexander
Drunken Hood Who Knocks Over Milk Wagon (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford
Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
Grocer (uncredited)
Russ Clark
Officer Jerry (uncredited)
Betty Ross Clarke
Paige's Secretary (uncredited)
John Dilson
Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Woman from the Relief Bureau (uncredited)
Karl Hackett
Milk Company Executive Markovitz (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Officer Donovan (uncredited)
George Humbert
Italian Milk Dealer Simonelli (uncredited)
Cy Kendall
Police Chief John Carney (uncredited)
Bert LeBaron
Racketeer (uncredited)
Boots Lebaron
Sonny (uncredited)
Ivan Miller
Charles Paige (uncredited)
William Pawley
Kelly (uncredited)
Frank Puglia
Moran's Hood (uncredited)
John Rice
Police Officer (uncredited)
Cap Somers
Police Officer (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
Moran's Assistant Bartley (uncredited)
Frederick Vogeding
Milk Company Executive Dickman (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
racketeering
milk
coercion
racket
protection racket
sting operation
crime does not pay
Wiki.
The Public Pays is a 1936 short crime film directed by Errol Taggart. In 1937, it won an Academy Award at the 9th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). The film is a dramatization of actual court records that tell the story of a gang's racketeering activities in the milk industry and its eventual defeat through the heroism of one dealer.
MGM's Crime Does Not Pay Collection.
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