The Public Pays

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The Public Pays
Directed by Errol Taggart
Produced by Jack Chertok
Written by John C. Higgins
Starring Richard Alexander
Barbara Bedford
Distributed by MGM
Release date(s) 10 October 1936
Running time 19 minutes
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
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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). [1]

[edit] Cast

  • Richard Alexander - Drunken Hood Who Knocks Over Milk Wagon (uncredited)
  • Barbara Bedford - Markovitz's Secretary (uncredited)
  • Harry C. Bradley - Grocer (uncredited)
  • Betty Ross Clarke - Paige's Secretary (uncredited)
  • Russ Clark - Bit Part (uncredited)
  • John Dilson - Moore, Milk Company Executive (uncredited)
  • Bess Flowers - Bit (uncredited)
  • Karl Hackett - Markovitz, Milk Company Executive (uncredited)
  • Robert Homans - Cop (uncredited)
  • George Humbert - Simonelli, Italian Milk Dealer (uncredited)
  • Cy Kendall - Police Chief John Carney (uncredited)
  • Ivan Miller - Charles Paige (uncredited)
  • William Pawley - Kelly (uncredited)
  • Frank Puglia - Moran's Hood (uncredited)
  • Edwin Stanley - John Allgren, Department of Justice (uncredited)
  • Paul Stanton - Moran (uncredited)
  • Ben Taggart - Cop (uncredited)
  • Phillip Trent - MGM Reporter (uncredited)
  • Emmett Vogan - Ardley, Moran's Assistant (uncredited)
  • Frederick Vogeding - Dickman, Milk Company Executive (uncredited)
  • Eddy Waller - The Association's Landlord (uncredited)

[edit] References

  1. ^ New York Times: The Public Pays. NY Times. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.

[edit] External links

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Academy Award for Live Action Short Film

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