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The Perfect Set-Up

6.5193621mMovieCrimeDrama

In this MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" series short, a radio and television engineer falls into a life of crime by dismantling alarms for robberies.

DirectorEdward L. Cahn
ProducerJack Chertok

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Cast · Directed by Edward L. Cahn

HCHelene Chadwick
Helene Chadwick
Mary (uncredited)
RDRobert Dudley
Robert Dudley
Theatre Employee Shooting Victim (uncredited)
WGWilliam Gould
William Gould
San Francisco Police Detective (uncredited)
MHMahlon Hamilton
Mahlon Hamilton
Witness (uncredited)
WHWilliam Henry
William Henry
Alan E. Saunders (uncredited)
JHJ. Anthony Hughes
J. Anthony Hughes
Chet (uncredited)
FSFrank Shannon
Frank Shannon
Detective Hewitt (uncredited)
BTBen Taggart
Ben Taggart
Police Detective (uncredited)
WTWilliam Tannen
William Tannen
MGM Crime Reporter Jim (uncredited)
HTHarry Tyler
Harry Tyler
Dave Mayne (uncredited)

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