In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.
Social & External
The people behind it
Edwin Maxwell
Milton Beacher
George Lynn
Larry Martin
Murray Alper
Little Davie Barkell (uncredited)
King Baggot
False Accident Witness (uncredited)
Margaret Bert
Nurse (uncredited)
John Hamilton
Capt. Michael Karnahan (uncredited)
Raymond Hatton
Henchman (uncredited)
Bernadene Hayes
False Accident Victim Debbie (uncredited)
Mary Howard
Nurse Barry (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
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