01 February 1936 Drama, Crime 21 mins
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.
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Helene Chadwick as Mary (uncredited)
Robert Dudley as Theatre Employee Shooting Victim (uncredited)
William Gould as San Francisco Police Detective (uncredited)
Mahlon Hamilton as Witness (uncredited)
William Henry as Alan E. Saunders (uncredited)
J. Anthony Hughes as Chet (uncredited)
Frank Shannon as Detective Hewitt (uncredited)
Ben Taggart as Police Detective (uncredited)
William Tannen as MGM Crime Reporter Jim (uncredited)
Harry Tyler as Dave Mayne (uncredited)
Crime Does Not Pay #6: The Perfect Set-Up Trailer
The Perfect Setup Trailer
United States 01 February 1936
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20 September 1936
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The body of an unknown beautiful woman is fished out of the river and leaves the policemen wondering what drove the girl to such a grisly fate.
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