A Criminal Is Born

A Criminal Is Born

21 mins | Drama, Crime | June 5, 1938

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.

A Criminal Is Born

21 mins | Drama, Crime | June 5, 1938

A Criminal Is Born
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.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title A Criminal Is Born
Directors Leslie Fenton
Writers

Cast

David Durand

as Rodney 'Rod'

Warren McCollum

as Jimmy Wheeler

Joseph Crehan

as Frank Wheeler

Dorothy Vaughan

as Martha Wheeler

Eddy Waller

as Cafe Owner Joe

Ben Taggart

as First Shooting Victim

Harry Strang

as Cop

Harry C. Bradley

as Druggist (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

as Rod's Father (uncredited)

William Stack

as Judge Charles Edwin Marshall (uncredited)