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Soak the Poor (1937)

ジャンル : 犯罪

上映時間 : 16分

演出 : Harold S. Bucquet

シノプシス

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.

出演

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)

製作陣

Harold S. Bucquet
Harold S. Bucquet
Director

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