A Criminal Is Born

"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."

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)

Crew

Leslie Fenton

Director

Jack Chertok

Producer