Sucker List
★ 7 · 1941 · 19m · Crime · Drama
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a man and his racketeer buddies devise a scheme to bilk those already seemingly desperate for money of what little they have.
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Three women, an asping actress, a reporter, and a lawyer, hatch a scheme to enrich each other. The actress will fake a sexual harassment charge against a politician and get a lot of publicity, the reporter will get the scoop, and the lawyer will get a reputation for defending the actress. The scam goes as planned, but things start to break down.
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Give Till It Hurts
1937 · ★ 6.4
This entry in the Crime Does Not Pay series focuses on charity fraud. Two scam artists set themselves up as 'philanthropists' to help raise money for a local clinic, but the funds they raise never get to help the people who need it.
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1938 · ★ 7
Racketeers muscle in on construction business, use inferior materials, make big profits and endanger the public safety.
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1938 · ★ 6
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, doctors scam patients with a fake cure for cancer.
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Help Wanted
1939 · ★ 7
A temporary laborer helps bring down a mob-sponsored employment racket.
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1938 · ★ 7.3
A gang of 'professional torches' burn down stores for the insurance money.
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1937 · ★ 6.3
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.
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1937 · ★ 5.5
From MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series. Mobsters convince a meat packing company employee to help them hijack a truckload of beef.
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1937 · ★ 7.4
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.
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1935 · ★ 6.2
How police interrogation cracks the "airtight" alibi of a criminal.
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Women in Hiding
1940 · ★ 7
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.
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1940 · ★ 6.2
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.
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