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02/01/1937 Crime, Drama 0h 21m
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Overview

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.

  1. Harold S. Bucquet

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Edwin Maxwell

    Milton Beacher

  2. George Lynn

    Larry Martin

  3. Murray Alper

    Little Davie Barkell (uncredited)

  4. King Baggot

    False Accident Witness (uncredited)

  5. Margaret Bert

    Nurse (uncredited)

  6. John Hamilton

    Capt. Michael Karnahan (uncredited)

  7. Raymond Hatton

    Henchman (uncredited)

  8. Bernadene Hayes

    False Accident Victim Debbie (uncredited)

  9. Mary Howard

    Nurse Barry (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-06-28
This is quite a decent little ambulance chaser exposé, brought to us on behalf of the Los Angeles Police Department. It’s all about people who fake road traffic accidents for the insurance money. There is quite a network behind the operation that sees the victims sign powers of attorney to allow their lawyer to do some horse-trading with insurers keen to avoid protracted legal proceedings. Once the deals are done, “Beacher” (Edwin Maxwell) keeps most of the cash and disburses percentages to the “victims” and the “witnesses”. The cops are getting wise to this scam as the total ex...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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