Another thrilling CRIME DOES NOT PAY Subject
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short looks at the U.S. Department of Immigration's efforts to halt the smuggling of illegal aliens into the country. Desperate immigrants, tired of waiting for legal entry, pay exorbitant fees and risk a grisly death to enter by illegal means.
- 6.3
- 1941
- Released
- 0h 21m
Addison Richards
Frank J. Maxwell
Wolfgang Zilzer
Otto Kestler
Hugh Beaumont
Clements
George Lessey
American Consul in Lisbon
George Cleveland
Anna's Father (uncredited)
William Edmunds
Illegal Alien Aboard Tugboat (uncredited)Released
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- #smuggling (contraband)
- #immigration
- #illegal immigration
- #people smuggling
- #undocumented immigrant
- #crime does not pay
Reviews
This is maybe one of the more harrowing of these “Crime Does Not Pay” short features as it rather graphically displays both the desperation and frustration of those trying to get into the USA and the ruthlessness of the people smugglers who charge them $2,000 each to, hopefully, achieve their goal. It’s when a body weighed down with chains is discovered in Florida that the immigration service deci