The Public Pays (1936)
19m
Running Time
October 10, 1936Release Date
The Public Pays (1936)
19m
Running Time
October 10, 1936Release Date
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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
Barbara Bedford
Markovitz's Secretary
Harry C. Bradley
Grocer
Russ Clark
Officer Jerry
Betty Ross Clarke
Paige's Secretary
John Dilson
Moore, Milk Company Executive
Bess Flowers
Woman from the Relief Bureau
Karl Hackett
Markovitz, Milk Company Executive
Robert Homans
Officer Donovan
George Humbert
Simonelli, Italian Milk Dealer
Cy Kendall
Police Chief John Carney (uncredited)
Errol Taggart
Director
Bert LeBaron
Racketeer (uncredited)
John C. Higgins
Writer
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)
Media.
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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.
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