A Criminal Is Born

Jun 5, 1938

0h 21m

★ 8.0

Overview

An entry in MGM's Crime Does Not Pay series, this short 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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Henry

George P. Breakston

Rodney 'Rod'

David Durand

Tom

Norman Phillips Jr.

Jimmy Wheeler

Warren McCollum

Frank Wheeler

Joseph Crehan

Martha Wheeler

Dorothy Vaughan

Cafe Owner Joe

Eddy Waller

First Shooting Victim

Ben Taggart

Cop

Harry Strang

Druggist (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Rod's Father (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

Judge Charles Edwin Marshall (uncredited)

William Stack

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