The Public Pays

Oct 10, 1936

0h 19m

★ 7.0

Startling expose of modern racketeering!

Overview

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The Public Pays Trailers

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Cast

Drunken Hood Who Knocks Over Milk Wagon (uncredited)

Richard Alexander

Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

Grocer (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Officer Jerry (uncredited)

Russ Clark

Paige's Secretary (uncredited)

Betty Ross Clarke

Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited)

John Dilson

Woman from the Relief Bureau (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Milk Company Executive Markovitz (uncredited)

Karl Hackett

Officer Donovan (uncredited)

Robert Homans

Italian Milk Dealer Simonelli (uncredited)

George Humbert

Police Chief John Carney (uncredited)

Cy Kendall

Racketeer (uncredited)

Bert LeBaron

Dan Adams resigns his position as prosecutor on the district attorney's staff and sets out to clean up a gang of fake-accident racketeers. He gets a job with an insurance company, and assures the company president he will get the goods on the gang or die in the attempt. At the company offices, he meets Carol Carter and she, believing he is a shyster (possibly redundant) lawyer in the employ of the racketeers gives him as little help as possible. Dan visits his brother Eddie, who is mixed up with the gang and tries to make him break away. Eddie is belligerent but finally, because of the pressure brought by Dan and his wife Tonia, agrees to go straight. The gang, led by "Duke" Trotti, fears he will squeal and they kill him, plus they make his death look like an accident and plan to collect on it. Dan is closing in on the gang when Carol, who is now his assistant, comes up with some conclusive evidence, but "Duke" has plans to get rid of her before she can give the information to Dan.

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