The Public Pays
Startling expose of modern racketeering!
1936 | 19m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Errol Taggart |
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| Writer: | John C. Higgins |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 10, 1936 |
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| Director: | Errol Taggart |
| Writer: | John C. Higgins |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime |
| Keywords | milk, coercion, protection racket, sting operation, racket, racketeering, crime does not pay |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Apr 30, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Richard Alexander | Drunken Hood Who Knocks Over Milk Wagon (uncredited) |
| Barbara Bedford | Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited) |
| Harry C. Bradley | Grocer (uncredited) |
| Russ Clark | Officer Jerry (uncredited) |
| Betty Ross Clarke | Paige's Secretary (uncredited) |
| John Dilson | Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited) |
| Bess Flowers | Woman from the Relief Bureau (uncredited) |
| Karl Hackett | Milk Company Executive Markovitz (uncredited) |
| Robert Homans | Officer Donovan (uncredited) |
| George Humbert | Italian Milk Dealer Simonelli (uncredited) |
| Cy Kendall | Police Chief John Carney (uncredited) |
| Bert LeBaron | Racketeer (uncredited) |
| Boots Lebaron | Sonny (uncredited) |
| Ivan Miller | Charles Paige (uncredited) |
| William Pawley | Kelly (uncredited) |
| Frank Puglia | Moran's Hood (uncredited) |
| John Rice | Police Officer (uncredited) |
| Cap Somers | Police Officer (uncredited) |
| Edwin Stanley | John Allgren, Department of Justice (uncredited) |
| Paul Stanton | Moran (uncredited) |
| Ben Taggart | Chief's Assistant (uncredited) |
| Phillip Trent | MGM Crime Reporter (uncredited) |
| Emmett Vogan | Moran's Assistant Bartley (uncredited) |
| Frederick Vogeding | Milk Company Executive Dickman (uncredited) |
| Eddy Waller | The Association's Landlord (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Errol Taggart | Director |
| John C. Higgins | Screenplay, Story |
| Name | Title |
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| Jack Chertok | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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