Buyer Beware

Know Your Money

This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short tells the fictitious story of a bill counterfeiting ring and explores the government's attempt to curb counte

1940

For the Common Defense!

This Crime Does Not Pay short shows how cooperation among all the nations of the Americas helps the war effort. In this case, a US government agent tr

1942

Purity Squad

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 the

1945

Buried Loot

An embezzler who expects to serve his time in prison and then pick up his buried loot is in for a surprise.

1935

Alibi Racket

How police interrogation cracks the "airtight" alibi of a criminal.

1935

Women in Hiding

In this Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young woman wants to save her baby, but is afraid of telling her parents and has no money to pay the hospit

1940

You, the People

This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his crime "machine" to fraudulently win reelection for the cu

1940

The Luckiest Guy in the World

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a man destroys his life through gambling debts and stealing company funds.

1947

A Gun in His Hand

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young man graduates from the police academy at the top of his class. He then teams up with some local t

1945

Forbidden Passage

This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short looks at the U.S. Department of Immigration's efforts to halt the smuggling of illegal aliens into the countr

1941

A Thrill for Thelma

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young woman, wanting a life of luxury, takes the "easy" way, and winds up in jail.

1935

Hit-and-Run Driver

A man runs over a young couple on a deserted road, then leaves the scene and tries to cover up the incident.

1935

The Perfect Set-Up

In this MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" series short, a radio and television engineer falls into a life of crime by dismantling alarms for robberies.

1936

Foolproof

Starts with "Anderson Family" court trial where wife testifies on the murder of her husband, while the police investigation finds some interesting twi

1936

Fall Guy

Part of the Crime Does Not Pay short series.

1945

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

1936

Don't Talk

This Crime Does Not Pay series entry dramatizes the idea that during wartime, people should not discuss anything related to their work when in public.

1942

The Wrong Way Out

Two young people get married and run away, even though their parents advise them to build up their savings first. After they get settled they can bare

1938

Behind the Criminal

Episode 13 of the Crime Does Not Play series from MGM.

1937

What Price Safety!

Racketeers muscle in on construction business, use inferior materials, make big profits and endanger the public safety.

1938