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A Criminal Is Born

(1938)

June 5, 1938• 0h 21m
80%
TMDB Score

Overview

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.

Leslie Fenton

Director

Top Billed Cast

GPB

George P. Breakston

Henry

DD

David Durand

Rodney 'Rod'

NPJ

Norman Phillips Jr.

Tom

WM

Warren McCollum

Jimmy Wheeler

JC

Joseph Crehan

Frank Wheeler

DV

Dorothy Vaughan

Martha Wheeler

EW

Eddy Waller

Cafe Owner Joe

BT

Ben Taggart

First Shooting Victim

HS

Harry Strang

Cop

HCB

Harry C. Bradley

Druggist (uncredited)