The Perfect Set-Up

Night Key

The inventor of a new top-of-the-line burglar alarm system is kidnapped by a gang in order to get him to help them commit robberies.

1937

Cash on Demand

A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal £90,000.

1961

Among the Missing

Seeking to avoid arrest while fleeing through a city park at night, two jewel thieves, Gordon and young Tommy, stash some just-stolen jewels on elderl

1934

Know Your Money

This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short tells the fictitious story of a bill counterfeiting ring and explores the government's attempt to curb counte

1940

What Price Safety!

Racketeers muscle in on construction business, use inferior materials, make big profits and endanger the public safety.

1938

Miracle Money

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, doctors scam patients with a fake cure for cancer.

1938

Help Wanted

A temporary laborer who helps bring down a mob-sponsored employment racket

1939

Think It Over

A gang of 'professional torches' burn down stores for the insurance money.

1938

Buried Loot

An embezzler who expects to serve his time in prison and then pick up his buried loot is in for a surprise.

1935

Alibi Racket

How police interrogation cracks the "airtight" alibi of a criminal.

1935

Women in Hiding

In this Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young woman wants to save her baby, but is afraid of telling her parents and has no money to pay the hospit

1940

You, the People

This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his crime "machine" to fraudulently win reelection for the cu

1940

The Luckiest Guy in the World

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a man destroys his life through gambling debts and stealing company funds.

1947

A Gun in His Hand

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young man graduates from the police academy at the top of his class. He then teams up with some local t

1945

Forbidden Passage

This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short looks at the U.S. Department of Immigration's efforts to halt the smuggling of illegal aliens into the countr

1941

A Thrill for Thelma

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young woman, wanting a life of luxury, takes the "easy" way, and winds up in jail.

1935

Hit-and-Run Driver

A man runs over a young couple on a deserted road, then leaves the scene and tries to cover up the incident.

1935

For the Common Defense!

This Crime Does Not Pay short shows how cooperation among all the nations of the Americas helps the war effort. In this case, a US government agent tr

1942

Money to Loan

The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who talks about the general want for money, and the extraordin

1939

Purity Squad

This entry in the Crime Does Not Pay series focuses on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's effort to ensure that drugs are fully tested before the

1945