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Soak the Poor(1937)
Status: Released
Date: 1937-08-21
70%
2 Votes
Time: 0h 16m
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Soak the Poor
Top 6 Billed Cast
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)
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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.
Release Date
1937-08-21
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