The Public Pays

The Public Pays

19 mins | Drama, Crime | 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.

The Public Pays

19 mins | Drama, Crime | Oct. 10, 1936

The Public Pays
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Public Pays
Directors Errol Taggart
Writers John C. Higgins

Cast

Richard Alexander

as Drunken Hood Who Knocks Over Milk Wagon (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

as Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

as Grocer (uncredited)

Russ Clark

as Officer Jerry (uncredited)

Betty Ross Clarke

as Paige's Secretary (uncredited)

John Dilson

as Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Woman from the Relief Bureau (uncredited)

Karl Hackett

as Milk Company Executive Markovitz (uncredited)

Robert Homans

as Officer Donovan (uncredited)

George Humbert

as Italian Milk Dealer Simonelli (uncredited)

Cy Kendall

as Police Chief John Carney (uncredited)

Bert LeBaron

as Racketeer (uncredited)

Boots Lebaron

as Sonny (uncredited)

Ivan Miller

as Charles Paige (uncredited)

William Pawley

as Kelly (uncredited)

Frank Puglia

as Moran's Hood (uncredited)

John Rice

as Police Officer (uncredited)

Cap Somers

as Police Officer (uncredited)

Edwin Stanley

as John Allgren, Department of Justice (uncredited)

Paul Stanton

as Moran (uncredited)

Ben Taggart

as Chief's Assistant (uncredited)

Phillip Trent

as MGM Crime Reporter (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

as Moran's Assistant Bartley (uncredited)

Frederick Vogeding

as Milk Company Executive Dickman (uncredited)

Eddy Waller

as The Association's Landlord (uncredited)