Shows how so-called "minor" lawbreakers can do more damage than major criminals.Shows how so-called "minor" lawbreakers can do more damage than major criminals.Shows how so-called "minor" lawbreakers can do more damage than major criminals.
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Hugh Beaumont
- Hubbard - Reporter
- (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford
- Johnson's Maid
- (uncredited)
Naomi Childers
- Nurse
- (uncredited)
Mary Currier
- Mrs. George Johnson
- (uncredited)
Bruce Edwards
- Interne
- (uncredited)
George Guhl
- Williams - Radio Interviewee
- (uncredited)
Eddie Hart
- Police Officer
- (uncredited)
William Lally
- Cop
- (uncredited)
Hal Le Sueur
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Claire McDowell
- Nun
- (uncredited)
Frank Mills
- Dock Worker
- (uncredited)
Roger Moore
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
John Raitt
- Pete - First Plague Victim
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe $26,000 for rat-proofing in 1940 would be equivalent to nearly $570,000 in 2023.
- Quotes
Dr. Walter Terriss: To achieve the greatest good for the greatest number of people is the fundamental purpose of every law.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Forbidden Passage (1941)
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Good Entry
Respect the Law (1941)
*** (out of 4)
Thirty-third entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series with this one taking a look at minor crimes and how they can be just as dangerous as major crimes. In the film, a ship dock owner (Richard Lane) buys off a Health Inspector so that he can avoid cleaning the rats off his dock. This doesn't seem too big at the time but soon the rats bring in a plague that starts killing hundreds of people. This isn't the best film in the series but it's another good entry that gets its point across even though it's pretty heavily handled at times. As with most films in the series, I'm really not sure how much good they did as I'm sure people forgot the message as they walked out of the theater but perhaps these did leave their mark on a few. Lane, from Columbia's Boston Blackie series, turns in a good performance and you can also look for a young Hugh Beaumont from Leave It to Beaver fame.
*** (out of 4)
Thirty-third entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series with this one taking a look at minor crimes and how they can be just as dangerous as major crimes. In the film, a ship dock owner (Richard Lane) buys off a Health Inspector so that he can avoid cleaning the rats off his dock. This doesn't seem too big at the time but soon the rats bring in a plague that starts killing hundreds of people. This isn't the best film in the series but it's another good entry that gets its point across even though it's pretty heavily handled at times. As with most films in the series, I'm really not sure how much good they did as I'm sure people forgot the message as they walked out of the theater but perhaps these did leave their mark on a few. Lane, from Columbia's Boston Blackie series, turns in a good performance and you can also look for a young Hugh Beaumont from Leave It to Beaver fame.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Dec 22, 2008
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- Also known as
- Crime Does Not Pay No. 33: Respect the Law
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- Runtime20 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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