A Criminal Is Born

  • Crime
  • Drama
6/5/1938
21

Storyline

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
    • hold-up robbery
    • youth gang
    • juvenile crime
    • crime spree
    • weak parent
    • crime does not pay

    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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