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A Criminal Is Born poster

A Criminal Is Born(1938)

June 5, 193821m

74%User score 74 percent

User Score

5 votes

Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

George P. Breakston
Henry
David Durand
Rodney 'Rod'
Joseph Crehan
Frank Wheeler
Dorothy Vaughan
Martha Wheeler

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A Criminal Is Born (1938) | Watch Free Online Movies

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)

Norman Phillips Jr.

Tom

Warren McCollum

Jimmy Wheeler

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Status: Released
Original title: A Criminal Is Born
Original language: English
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Keywords

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