28 Apr 1998
The Idiots
A mix of home-video and documentary styles about a group of young people who have decided to get to know their “inner-idiots” and thus not only facing and breaking their outer appearance but also their inner.
The Public Pays
Startling expose of modern racketeering!
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a protection racket preying on milk distribution is broken through the persistence of law enforcement and the courage of a local businessman.
Top Billed Cast
Richard Alexander Drunken Hood Who Knocks Over Milk Wagon (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley Grocer (uncredited)
Russ Clark Officer Jerry (uncredited)
Betty Ross Clarke Paige's Secretary (uncredited)
John Dilson Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited)
Bess Flowers Woman from the Relief Bureau (uncredited)
Karl Hackett Milk Company Executive Markovitz (uncredited)
Robert Homans Officer Donovan (uncredited)
George Humbert Italian Milk Dealer Simonelli (uncredited)
Cy Kendall Police Chief John Carney (uncredited)
Bert LeBaron Racketeer (uncredited)
Boots Lebaron Sonny (uncredited)
Ivan Miller Charles Paige (uncredited)
William Pawley Kelly (uncredited)
Frank Puglia Moran's Hood (uncredited)
John Rice Police Officer (uncredited)
Cap Somers Police Officer (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley John Allgren, Department of Justice (uncredited)
Paul Stanton Moran (uncredited)
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