The Public Pays
(a.k.a. "Crime Does Not Pay No. 8: The Public Pays")

US (1936): Short

This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series focuses on racketeering and extortion. In order to raise the price of milk, gangsters set up a phony association that all the creameries in a city are forced to join. Those who don't join have vehicle "accidents" and other problems. (IMDb)

This 19-minute short is included on the DVD release of Wife vs. Secretary (1936), with Clark Gable, Myrna Loy and Jean Harlow.


· Short Subject (Two-reel) 1936: M-G-M (Crime Doesn't Pay). Jack Chertok, producer (uncredited and unnamed with nomination)

1 nomination, 1 Award