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Soak the Poor

7.4193716mMovieCrime

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.

DirectorHarold S. Bucquet

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Cast · Directed by Harold S. Bucquet

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

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