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30 November 1940 (USA) morePlot:
This entry in MGM's series of shorts, "Crime Doesn't Pay", features a big city crime boss's attempt... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
You, the People is another compelling "Crime Does Not Pay" short subject more (1 total)Cast
(in credits order) (verified as complete) | C. Henry Gordon | ... | John 'Boss' Bailey |
| Byron Shores | ... | Deputy William 'Bill' Wright |
| Paul Everton | ... | Mayor James W. 'Jim' Wheelock |
| Matt McHugh | ... | Albert 'Bert' / 'Perky' Perkins |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Raymond Bailey | ... | Bailey Henchman (uncredited) |
| Hugh Beaumont | ... | Pete (uncredited) |
| Barbara Bedford | ... | Rooming House Diner (uncredited) |
| Harry Burns | ... | Precinct Official Letting Henchmen In (uncredited) |
| Ken Christy | ... | Bailey Henchman (uncredited) |
| John Dilson | ... | Mr. Sanders (uncredited) |
| William Edmunds | ... | Louie, the Janitor (uncredited) |
| Robert Elliott | ... | Mr. Edward Gibbon (uncredited) |
| John Hamilton | ... | Frank Y. Carter (uncredited) |
| Edward Hearn | ... | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Thomas E. Jackson | ... | Vote Counter (uncredited) |
| Frank Orth | ... | Soda Jerk (uncredited) |
| Dick Rich | ... | Henchman (uncredited) |
| Henry Roquemore | ... | Liquor Store Owner (uncredited) |
| Emmett Vogan | ... | Ballot Inspector (uncredited) |
| Norman Willis | ... | Henchman (uncredited) |
 | Will Wright | ... | Mr. Roberts (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Roy Rowland | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Douglas Foster | screenplay | |
| Douglas Foster | story | |
Produced by | |||
| Jack Chertok | .... | producer (uncredited) | |
Cinematography by | |||
| Paul Vogel | |||
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- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Inc.)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1940) (USA) (theatrical)
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*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
Before I begin, I'd like to note that Bill Edmonds-Mr. Martini in It's a Wonderful Life-plays Louie the janitor here. Also appearing are "The Beverly Hillbillies" Raymond Bailey as Bailey Henchman and "Leave It To Beaver"s Hugh Beaumont as Pete. And that Barbara Bedford, who died in a city I once lived in-Jacksonville, Fla.-is a rooming house diner here. Shades (or maybe not) of the 2000 general presidential election, this "Crime Does Not Pay" short explores the illegal ways an incumbent mayor's re-election staff tries of "stuffing the ballots" and convincing the "regular folks" to stay home on election day. When someone tries to expose them, however, someone gets shot and police arrive as they try to burn the polling place...Gets pretty exciting at the end with the chases and shootings and is also compelling when someone at the end says to shut up since the person he talked to admitted he didn't vote. A pretty good account of how corruptness always seems to be around the corner near election day. Hope nothing like that happens this year with Obama now declared the Democratic presidential nominee...