Review of Phantoms, Inc.

Every time I see a fortune teller or palm reader with their own shop, my disgust grows by miles. These are phony manipulators who depend on the vulnerability of the lost and confused, yet it is a legal profession that has been around in various shapes and forms for centuries. This Crime Does Not Pay short seems silly in today's hard-boiled society but it still creates an impact. An aging wife and mother is suckered into believing the claims of one if these alleged psychics who claims that her missing son is alive and well. Being just post war time, it is a cruel trick to play on a vulnerable woman, and even her husband seems to believe. All of the criminals in these shorts still exist in one way or another. I'd like to see how these shorts would present today's on-line crimes. Veteran character actress Anne Shoemaker will touch your heart as the bereaved mother whose faith stands the ear era until it us broken by these shysters.