The Perfect Set-Up

The Perfect Set-Up

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1936•21 min•CrimeDrama

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Top Cast

Helene Chadwick

Mary (uncredited)

Robert Dudley

Theatre Employee Shooting Victim (uncredited)

William Gould

San Francisco Police Detective (uncredited)

Mahlon Hamilton

Witness (uncredited)

William Henry

Alan E. Saunders (uncredited)

J. Anthony Hughes

Chet (uncredited)

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In this MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" series short, a radio and television engineer falls into a life of crime by dismantling alarms for robberies.

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