A Criminal Is Born (1938)
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.
- Released
- 1938-06-05
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Runtime
- 21 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Leslie Fenton
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 from 5 votes
Cast
- George P. Breakston as Henry
- David Durand as Rodney 'Rod'
- Norman Phillips Jr. as Tom
- Warren McCollum as Jimmy Wheeler
- Joseph Crehan as Frank Wheeler
- Dorothy Vaughan as Martha Wheeler
- Eddy Waller as Cafe Owner Joe
- Ben Taggart as First Shooting Victim
- Harry Strang as Cop
- Harry C. Bradley as Druggist (uncredited)
- Eddy Chandler as Rod's Father (uncredited)
- William Stack as Judge Charles Edwin Marshall (uncredited)