A Criminal Is Born
1938 · 21 min · Crime, Drama
An entry in MGM's Crime Does Not Pay series, this short tells the true story of how a young man, ignored by his parents, gets into a gang and starts a crime spree which leads to murder.
- Director
- Leslie Fenton
- Released
- June 5, 1938
- Language
- English
Cast
George P. Breakston
Henry
David Durand
Rodney 'Rod'
Norman Phillips Jr.
Tom
Warren McCollum
Jimmy Wheeler
Joseph Crehan
Frank Wheeler
Dorothy Vaughan
Martha Wheeler
Eddy Waller
Cafe Owner Joe
Ben Taggart
First Shooting Victim
Harry Strang
Cop
Harry C. Bradley
Druggist (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Rod's Father (uncredited)
William Stack
Judge Charles Edwin Marshall (uncredited)
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