Soak the Poor

Name: Soak the Poor
Released: 1937-08-21

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1937•16 min•Crime

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Leslie Fenton

Nick Garvey

Leon Ames

Special Investigator Stanton

George Chandler

Briggs (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Grocer (uncredited)

Carl Stockdale

Citizen (uncredited)

Phillip Trent

MGM Crime Reporter (uncredited)

This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with racketeers shaking down small grocers and horning in on the relief tickets, forcing prices up with the consumers paying the freight.

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