Purity Squad
1945 | 20m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Harold F. Kress |
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| Writer: | Charles F. Royal |
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| This entry in the Crime Does Not Pay series focuses on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's effort to ensure that drugs are fully tested before they are sold to consumers. Two unscrupulous investors market the drug 'Diabulin' as a substitute for insulin after preliminary tests show good results. After a short time, however, users start dying from the drug. The FDA and the state attorney general's office then go after the drug marketers. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 03, 1945 |
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| Director: | Harold F. Kress |
| Writer: | Charles F. Royal |
| Genres: | Crime |
| Keywords | drug, crime does not pay |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Byron Foulger | Dr. Laren aka Dr. Dibson |
| Dick Elliott | Judge Gilmenn |
| Morris Ankrum | Dr. Adams (uncredited) |
| Paul E. Burns | Janitor John Billings (uncredited) |
| Edward Earle | Judge (uncredited) |
| Franklyn Farnum | Radio Station Man in Studio (uncredited) |
| Frank Fenton | Chester Malton (uncredited) |
| William Forrest | Dr. Cooper (uncredited) |
| Selmer Jackson | Darles F. Peters (uncredited) |
| Paul Langton | Mr. Winthrop (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
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| Richard Duce | Art Direction |
| Harold F. Kress | Director |
| Jackson Rose | Director of Photography |
| Harry Komer | Editor |
| Charles F. Royal | Writer |
| Max Terr | Music |
| Wally Heglin | Orchestrator |
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