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Soak the Poor (1937)

Genre : Crime

Runtime : 16M

Director : Harold S. Bucquet

Synopsis

This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with racketeers shaking down small grocers and horning in on the relief tickets, forcing prices up with the consumers paying the freight.

Actors

Leslie Fenton
Leslie Fenton
Nick Garvey
Leon Ames
Leon Ames
Special Investigator Stanton
George Chandler
George Chandler
Briggs (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Byron Foulger
Grocer (uncredited)
Carl Stockdale
Carl Stockdale
Citizen (uncredited)
Phillip Trent
Phillip Trent
MGM Crime Reporter (uncredited)

Crews

Harold S. Bucquet
Harold S. Bucquet
Director

Posters and backgrounds

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