Help Wanted

Jun 10, 1939

0h 21m

★ 7.0

Another thrilling CRIME DOES NOT PAY Subject

Overview

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

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Joe Daniels

Tom Neal

Mary Daniels

Jo Ann Sayers

H.L. (Pop) Daniels

Clem Bevans

Harry

Edward Pawley

Labor Commissioner's Representative

Truman Bradley

J.T. Evans-Labor Commissioner

Leon Ames

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.

6.0

Buried Loot

Jan 19, 1935

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

6.0

Alibi Racket

Sep 14, 1935

How police interrogation cracks the "airtight" alibi of a criminal.

7.0

Women in Hiding

Jun 22, 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

Nov 30, 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.

6.1

The Luckiest Guy in the World

Jan 25, 1947

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a man destroys his life through gambling debts and stealing company funds.

5.8

A Gun in His Hand

Sep 15, 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

Feb 8, 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

Nov 23, 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

Hit-and-Run Driver

Dec 28, 1935

A man runs over a young couple on a deserted road, then leaves the scene and tries to cover up the incident.

6.0

The Perfect Set-Up

Feb 1, 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

Mar 7, 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

Apr 14, 1945

Part of the Crime Does Not Pay short series.

7.0

The Public Pays

Oct 10, 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.

6.0

Torture Money

Jan 2, 1937

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.

5.2

It May Happen to You

Jun 5, 1937

From MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series. Mobsters convince a meat packing company employee to help them hijack a truckload of beef.

7.0

Soak the Poor

Aug 21, 1937

This entry 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.