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Purity Squad

(1945)

November 3, 1945 0h 20m
70%
TMDB Score

Overview

This entry in the Crime Does Not Pay series focuses on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's effort to ensure that drugs are fully tested before they are sold to consumers. Two unscrupulous investors market the drug 'Diabulin' as a substitute for insulin after preliminary tests show good results. After a short time, however, users start dying from the drug. The FDA and the state attorney general's office then go after the drug marketers.

Harold F. Kress

Director

Top Billed Cast

BF

Byron Foulger

Dr. Laren aka Dr. Dibson

DE

Dick Elliott

Judge Gilmenn

MA

Morris Ankrum

Dr. Adams (uncredited)

PEB

Paul E. Burns

Janitor John Billings (uncredited)

EE

Edward Earle

Judge (uncredited)

FF

Franklyn Farnum

Radio Station Man in Studio (uncredited)

FF

Frank Fenton

Chester Malton (uncredited)

WF

William Forrest

Dr. Cooper (uncredited)

SJ

Selmer Jackson

Darles F. Peters (uncredited)

PL

Paul Langton

Mr. Winthrop (uncredited)