They're Always Caught

Jul 3, 1938

0h 22m

★ 5.9

Overview

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.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

They're Always Caught Trailers

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Cast

Dr. John Pritchard

Stanley Ridges

Jimmy Stark

John Eldredge

Eddie Diesel

Louis Jean Heydt

Mayor Fletcher

Charles Waldron

Grocery Clerk (uncredited)

May Beatty

Eddie's Wife (uncredited)

Helen Brown

Concession Stand Owner Montel (uncredited)

John Butler

Reporter (uncredited)

James Conaty

Forensic Assistant (uncredited)

Neil Fitzgerald

Fireman Sturber (uncredited)

Harrison Greene

Detective (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Man in Forensics Lab (uncredited)

Mahlon Hamilton

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