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The Public Pays

The Public Pays1936

★6.919 minCrimeDrama

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.

Director

Writer

John C. Higgins

Stars

Richard Alexander Barbara Bedford Harry C. Bradley

Cast25

Richard Alexander
as Drunken Hood Who Knocks Over Milk Wagon (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford
as Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
as Grocer (uncredited)
R
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)
B
Bert LeBaron
as Racketeer (uncredited)
B
Boots Lebaron
as Sonny (uncredited)
Ivan Miller
as Charles Paige (uncredited)
William Pawley
as Kelly (uncredited)
Frank Puglia
as Moran's Hood (uncredited)
J
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)

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