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The Public Pays is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 10 october 1936 with Richard Alexander

The Public Pays (1936)

The Public Pays
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Released in USA 10 october 1936
Length 19minutes
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating62% 3.1018153.1018153.1018153.1018153.101815

The Public Pays is a 1936 short crime film directed by Errol Taggart. It won an Academy Award in 1937 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). The film shows a dramatization of actual court records which tell the story of a gang's racketeering in the milk industry, and its eventual defeat through the heroism of one dealer.

Synopsis

We see three tough-looking men renting an office in one of the better buildings of Claybourne City. Soon "The Creamery Betterment Association" appears on their door. They intend to force every dealer in the city to sign as members, dues to be one cent on every quart of milk sold in the city; and the dealers are to get this back by raising the price of milk three cents a quart.

Actors

Richard Alexander

(Drunken Hood Who Knocks Over Milk Wagon (uncredited))Barbara Bedford

(Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited))Betty Ross Clarke

(Paige's Secretary (uncredited))John Dilson

(Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited))Bess Flowers

(Woman from the Relief Bureau (uncredited))
And :
Karl Hackett
Robert Homans
Cy Kendall
Frank Puglia
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