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Know Your Money

1940

This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short tells the fictitious story of a bill counterfeiting ring and explores the government's attempt to curb counterfeiting.

7.0

Purity Squad

1945

This 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.

6.7

Money to Loan

1939

The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who talks about the general want for money, and the extraordinary lengths some will go to 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.

5.9

They're Always Caught

1938

This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short shows the role the crime laboratory plays in the solving of cases, and how even the smallest detail can become a major clue.

9.1

Dark Shadows

1944

A police psychiatrist is enlisted to catch a killer.

6.0

What Price Safety!

1938

Racketeers muscle in on construction business, use inferior materials, make big profits and endanger the public safety.

5.6

Miracle Money

1938

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, doctors scam patients with a fake cure for cancer.

7.0

Help Wanted

1939

A temporary laborer who helps bring down a mob-sponsored employment racket

6.3

Think It Over

1938

A gang of 'professional torches' burn down stores for the insurance money.

6.4

Jack Pot

1940

This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with illegal gambling and bookmaking.

6.0

Buried Loot

1935

An embezzler who expects to serve his time in prison and then pick up his buried loot is in for a surprise.

7.0

Women in Hiding

1940

In this Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young woman wants to save her baby, but is afraid of telling her parents and has no money to pay the hospital costs involved. She falls prey to a baby-for-sale racket with quack doctors performing their services.

5.8

You, the People

1940

This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his crime "machine" to fraudulently win reelection 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.

5.8

A Gun in His Hand

1945

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young man graduates from the police academy at the top of his class. He then teams up with some local thieves and uses his knowledge of police procedures to pursue a career of undetected crime.

6.3

Forbidden Passage

1941

This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short looks at the U.S. Department of Immigration's efforts to halt the smuggling of illegal aliens into the country. Desperate immigrants, tired of waiting for legal entry, pay exorbitant fees and risk a grisly death to enter by illegal means.

5.8

A Thrill for Thelma

1935

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young woman, wanting a life of luxury, takes the "easy" way, and winds up in jail.

6.0

The Perfect Set-Up

1936

In this MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" series short, a radio and television engineer falls into a life of crime by dismantling alarms for robberies.

6.0

Foolproof

1936

Starts 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. Part of the Crime Does Not Pay series

8.0

Fall Guy

1945

Part of the Crime Does Not Pay short series.

7.0

The Public Pays

1936

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.

Genre	Crime, Drama
Production Companies	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Ccountries	United States of America

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Know Your Money

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You, the People

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Forbidden Passage

A Thrill for Thelma

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