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The Public Pays

Startling expose of modern racketeering!

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The Public Pays — Plot

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
  • October 10, 1936
  • Runtime
  • 19 min
  • Genres
  • Crime, Drama
  • Director
  • Errol Taggart

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The Public Pays — Cast

Richard Alexander photo Richard Alexander Drunken Hood Who Knocks Over Milk Wagon (uncredited) Barbara Bedford photo Barbara Bedford Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited) Harry C. Bradley photo Harry C. Bradley Grocer (uncredited) Russ Clark Officer Jerry (uncredited) Betty Ross Clarke photo Betty Ross Clarke Paige's Secretary (uncredited) John Dilson photo John Dilson Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited) Bess Flowers photo Bess Flowers Woman from the Relief Bureau (uncredited) Karl Hackett photo Karl Hackett Milk Company Executive Markovitz (uncredited)

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