

A Criminal Is Born
(1938)
June 5, 1938• 0h 21m
80%
TMDB ScoreOverview
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)


















