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- DirectorGeorge B. SeitzStarsBrooks BenedictJames EllisonChuck HamiltonAn embezzler who expects to serve his time in prison and then pick up his buried loot is in for a surprise.
- DirectorGeorge B. SeitzStarsGranville BatesAl BridgeEddie DunnHow police interrogation cracks the "airtight" alibi of a criminal.
- DirectorGeorge B. SeitzStarsRaymond HattonHarvey StephensErville AldersonA man kills his cousin in the desert, then assumes his identity and tries to collect insurance on himself.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsIrene HerveyRobert LivingstonRobert WarwickA young girl, wanting a life of luxury, takes the "easy" way, and winds up in jail.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsSam FlintWilliam GouldJonathan HaleA man runs over a young couple on a deserted road, then leaves the scene and tries to cover up the incident.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsHelene ChadwickRobert DudleyWilliam GouldThe City of New York Police Captain Detectives Hewitt tells the story of Alan Saunders, one of the most unusual criminals of our time, in "A Crime Does Not Pay Subject" short.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsNiles WelchAlonzo PriceJohn MarsdenStarts with "Anderson Family" court trial where wife testifies on the murder of her husband, while the police investigation finds some interesting twists to the crime.
- DirectorErrol TaggartStarsRichard AlexanderBarbara BedfordHarry C. BradleyA protection racket preying on milk distribution is broken through the persistence of law enforcement and the courage of a local businessman.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsEdwin MaxwellGeorge LynnMurray AlperPolice go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsJ. Carrol NaishKing BaggotWilliam BaileyFrom MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" Series. Mobsters convince a meat packing company employee to help them hijack a truckload of beef.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsLeslie FentonLeon AmesTed BillingsEntry number 11 in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with racketeers shaking down small grocers and horning in on the relief tickets, forcing prices up with the consumers paying the freight.
- DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsJanet BeecherClay ClementHoward HickmanThis entry in the Crime Does Not Pay series focuses on charity fraud. Two scam artists set themselves up as 'philanthropists' to help raise money for a local clinic, but the funds they raise never get to help the people who need it.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsEdward EmersonWalter KingsfordAnna Q. NilssonA police detective goes undercover as a criminal to get the goods on a shady lawyer who uses phony witnesses and perjury to get guilty clients acquitted.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsLionel RoyceGeorge HoustonJohn WrayRacketeers muscle in on construction business, use inferior materials, make big profits and endanger the public safety.
- DirectorLeslie FentonStarsJohn MiljanBoyd CrawfordRobert MiddlemassA quack doctor convinces people that this "Volta Ray" cures cancer, and the local medical examiners must figure out a way to put his fraudulent practice to an end.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsBernard NedellBernadene HayesRita La RoyA bank robber pulls off a heist and comes out with a good haul. However, he winds up being forced to give most of it to his gangland "friends" to hide him from the police, and who now turn their backs on him when his money runs out.
- DirectorLeslie FentonStarsGeorge P. BreakstonDavid DurandNorman Phillips Jr.An entry in the "Crime Does Not Pay" series, it tells the true story of how a young man, ignored by his parents, gets into a gang and starts a crime spree which leads to murder.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsStanley RidgesJohn EldredgeLouis Jean HeydtShows the role the crime laboratory plays in the solving of cases, and how even the smallest detail can become a major clue.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsLester MatthewsCharles D. BrownDon 'Red' BarryA gang of 'professional torches' burn down stores for the insurance money.
- DirectorGustav MachatýStarsKenneth HowellLinda PerryWilliam BaileyIn this entry in the "Crime Does Not Pay" series, young Ann Stevens and "Windy" Brown, against the advice of both sets of parents, run away and get married as they yearn for "independence." It isn't long before they find that they can't make it on their own, and one grab of easy money soon leads them down the path of crime.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsAlan DinehartPaul GuilfoyleJohn ButlerThe MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, who talks about the general want for money, and the extraordinary lengths to which some will go to get it. The loan sharking business has that want for money on both sides. He tells the story of one such loan shark, Stephen Hanley, who tried to pass his company off as a legitimate loan business, but who charged exorbitant rates, and used extortion and fraud to get out of his customers even more than what they may have owed on paper. McCormick, a news publisher, makes it his aim to expose Hanley for the loan shark he really is. But getting Hanley's disgruntled clients to cooperate is more difficult than expected, as Hanley's men not only use threats, but carry out those threats in scaring those who are going to talk and eventually sign affidavits against Hanley. Something unexpected and sad has to happen for the authorities to be able to haul in Hanley and his entire outfit.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsDick PurcellLenita LaneEgon BrecherAn episode in the "Crime Does Not Pay" series. Dave Miller, an aircraft plant worker, is actually selling secret bomber plans to foreign agents. United States Intelligence Department agents plan to trap him and the spies he works for.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsTom NealJo Ann SayersClem BevansA racketeer sets up an employment agency, and then sends his henchmen to lineup foremen in companies that employ unskilled labor. The foreman is promised a cut on each new man he hires, and the agency gets a whooping percentage of the new employee's first month wages. The foremen then fire the last new-hires and then another batch of new-hires goes through the cycle. And another after a month. And this continues month-after-month. Complaints from the laborers reaches the ears of the District Attorney. He steps in, with the aid of a young unskilled-laborer (Tom Neal) who had been tricked, and finally runs the gangster out of the Employment Agency business, after a murder has been committed
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsMarc LawrenceLaraine DayJo Ann SayersA pair of innocent young women, Margie and Ruth, are recruited by a gang to work in a major shoplifting ring.
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsDick PurcellJo Ann SayersRichard LaneIn this Crime Does Not Pay series entry, John Jones is an up and coming businessman who drinks too much but denies he has a problem. One day he mixes drinking and driving, and the tragic consequences hit very close to home.
- DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsNeil HamiltonLynne CarverGertrude MichaelAn expose of attempts by wealthy people to avoid payment of customs duties. Part of the MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" series.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsNoel MadisonDennis MooreCharles D. BrownThis entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with the efforts of the Secret Service to detect counterfeit money and prosecute those responsible for such crimes.
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsTom NealAnn MorrissEdwin MaxwellAn entry in MGM's Crime Does Not Pay series, which deals with illegal gambling and illegal bookmaking.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsMarsha HuntJane DrummondMary BovardThe MGM crime reporter introduces Dr. Mallory, health commissioner of a large Midwestern city, he who talks about the dangers pregnant women face by going to clinics that advertise discreet services aimed at women in troubled circumstances. Such clinics - whose sole motive is profit at all cost without regard to the wants of the women or their health, but who generally operate just within the boundaries of the law - prey on the fear women face about social condemnation. One such clinic which charged exorbitant rates in return for discretion was operated by Drs. Mansby and Bates. Mary, Bunny and Jane were three women who shared a room at the clinic, who were all in circumstances where they wanted their pregnancy to be a secret from all they knew, and who were at various stages of pregnancy. Jane, who was in the earliest stage of pregnancy of the three, witnessed what Mary and Bunny before her went through. Mary's eventual situation, which was unknown to Jane, was that her baby was given away - in actuality sold - against her wishes which led to a tragic consequence. In addition, the baby suffered from a physical condition through an error by Dr. Bates during the delivery, that condition which was not told to the purchasing parents. Jane, however, did witness Bunny's unfortunate fate at the hands of the clinic doctors. But it was what happened to Mary that led the police to investigate, which resulted in Jane and others like her ultimately being saved from the hands of the two unscrupulous money hungry doctors.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsCharles ArntHugh BeaumontMargaret BertThis entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with shady businesses selling stolen merchandise.
- DirectorSammy LeeStarsRalph MorganGeorge ClevelandCathy LewisA gang of con artists conspires to take over an honest movement to secure decent pensions for the elderly.
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsC. Henry GordonByron ShoresPaul EvertonThis entry in MGM's series of shorts, "Crime Doesn't Pay", features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his political "machine" to fraudulently win re-election for the current corrupt mayor. By using several illegal tactics, and aided by voter apathy, the crime boss nearly continues his control of the city.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsMoroni OlsenRichard LaneFrank OrthShows how so-called "minor" lawbreakers can do more damage than major criminals.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsAddison RichardsWolfgang ZilzerHugh BeaumontThis short film portrays the U.S. Department of Immigration's efforts to capture a ring of smugglers who prey on desperate immigrants waiting entry by convincing them they have influence with the Immigration Service if they just pay a fee.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsDarryl HickmanTommy BakerAllan LaneUnscrupulous car dealers foist faulty and dangerous cars on an unsuspecting public.
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsLynne CarverNoel MadisonJohn ArcherMr. Brown and his racketeer buddies, calling their company "Best Selections", come up with a scheme to bilk those already seemingly desperate for money of what little they have. The scheme has two main components: they print and circulate a list of horse racing winners making it look like they've predicted the winners, and they, with a list of bank loan applicants in hand, telephone these people telling them of a sure bet. Seeing after the fact in the racing forms that the sure bet did in fact win the races, these loan applicants, desperate for money, will then go to the Best Selections office to make a subsequent bet through their bookies, who in reality are fakes. Mr. Brown's associates give them a name of a horse certain to lose, and the bet is made with the fake bookie. One of those targeted is Bill Allen, who can't afford the medical bills racking up for his pregnant wife, Mary Allen. Another victim is Charles Adams, a mechanic who just wants to make a little money. Charles' unfortunate situation may be what the police need to capture Brown and his gang.
- DirectorAllan KenwardStarsJohn LitelDouglas FowleyStephen McNallyThis Crime Does Not Pay short shows how cooperation among all the nations of the Americas helps the war effort. In this case, a US government agent travels to Chile and Colombia. He works with local authorities to try to thwart an Axis plan to ship stolen ammunition.
- DirectorBasil WrangellStarsJim DavisIan KeithGeorge TravellAn FBI agent goes undercover to investigate the sabotage of American cargo ships.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsLewis StoneFrank ReicherGeorge LynnThis short documentary looks at Nazi Germany's plan for world domination by reviewing the effects of and bitterness felt over the defeat in WWI and focusing on the geopolitical concepts of Prof. Karl Haushofer and his influence on Hitler.
- DirectorPaul BurnfordStarsHazel BrooksMarc CramerRichard CraneIn the days leading up to World War II, the Radio Intelligence Division of the Federal Communications Commission enlists the help of amateur radio operators to determine the location of broadcasts by enemy agents in the United States.
- DirectorWalter HartStarsSteven GerayBernard ThomasWilliam 'Bill' PhillipsIn this entry in the MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" series young Frank Davis, dropping out of school and joining a small-time hoodlum gang, finds out that leading a life of crime is not all he thought it would be.
- DirectorWalter HartPaul BurnfordStarsHenry O'NeillMorris AnkrumArthur SpaceA police psychiatrist is enlisted to catch a homicidal killer.
- DirectorPaul BurnfordStarsLeon AmesMarjorie DaviesPaul LangtonA bank cashier embezzles a large amount of money, murders the bank examiner, and frames a co-worker but will he get away with it?
- DirectorWalter HartStarsWalter SandeCameron MitchellWilliam 'Bill' PhillipsA young, soon-to-be-released convict idolizes the exciting life of a famous Roaring Twenties gangster he reads about in a magazine serial, but the warden tells him how the story ends before he can read the last installment.
- DirectorHarold YoungStarsDorothy AdamsMorris AnkrumKing BaggotThis Crime Does Not Pay short subject tells the lesson of how confidence men pray on emotions and insecurities with the story of the mother of a missing soldier who is conned out of her money when seeking comfort from a fake spiritualist.
- DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsTom TroutRichard GainesAnthony CarusoA man joins the police force to learn police procedures with the intention of getting away with crimes.
- DirectorHarold F. KressStarsMorris AnkrumWilliam BaileyPaul E. BurnsThis entry in the Crime Does Not Pay series focuses on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's effort to ensure that drugs are fully tested before they are sold to consumers. Two unscrupulous investors market the drug 'Diabulin' as a substitute for insulin after preliminary tests show good results. After a short time, however, users start dying from the drug. The FDA and the state attorney general's office then go after the drug marketers.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsBarry NelsonEloise HardtGeorge TravellCharles Vurn is always looking for a way for big money the easy way, which in his case usually means gambling. He does so at the possible expense of his job as an insurance salesman - money from the company which he's "temporarily" used to feed his gambling habit - and marriage to his wife, Marsha, who refuses to give him the money her mother gave her for a rainy day. But a series of incidents in combination with what he considers the lucky breaks he's needed lead to Charles taking desperate measures to be the wealthy man of which he's only dreamed, but at several costs in the process. But is it only a matter of time before karma catches up with him?