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Status
Released
Release
1938
Runtime
22m
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short shows the role the crime laboratory plays in the solving of cases, and how even the smallest detail can become a major clue.
19 Cast Members
Stanley Ridges
Dr. John Pritchard
John Eldredge
Jimmy Stark
Louis Jean Heydt
Eddie Diesel
Charles Waldron
Mayor Fletcher
May Beatty
Grocery Clerk (uncredited)
Helen Brown
Eddie's Wife (uncredited)
John Butler
Concession Stand Owner Montel (uncredited)
James Conaty
Reporter (uncredited)
Neil Fitzgerald
Forensic Assistant (uncredited)
Harrison Greene
Fireman Sturber (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Detective (uncredited)
Mahlon Hamilton
Man in Forensics Lab (uncredited)
Charles Anthony Hughes
Detective (uncredited)
Arthur Stuart Hull
Businessman (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Detective (uncredited)
Claire McDowell
Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)
Ted Pearson
MGM Crime Reporter (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Man in Automobile (uncredited)
Morgan Wallace
Crime Boss Big Matty (uncredited)
