Shows the role the crime laboratory plays in the solving of cases, and how even the smallest detail can become a major clue.Shows the role the crime laboratory plays in the solving of cases, and how even the smallest detail can become a major clue.Shows the role the crime laboratory plays in the solving of cases, and how even the smallest detail can become a major clue.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
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May Beatty
- Grocery Clerk
- (uncredited)
Helen Brown
- Eddie's Wife
- (uncredited)
John Butler
- Montel - Concession Stand Owner
- (uncredited)
James Conaty
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Neil Fitzgerald
- Forensic Assistant
- (uncredited)
Harrison Greene
- Fireman Sturber
- (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
- Detective
- (uncredited)
Mahlon Hamilton
- Man in Forensics Lab
- (uncredited)
Charles Anthony Hughes
- Detective
- (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
- Detective
- (uncredited)
Claire McDowell
- Mrs. Fletcher
- (uncredited)
Ted Pearson
- MGM Crime Reporter
- (uncredited)
Larry Steers
- Man in Automobile
- (uncredited)
Morgan Wallace
- Big Matty - Crime Boss
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe story in this 22-minute short was expanded into a feature film called Kid Glove Killer (1942), starring Van Heflin and Marsha Hunt as crime lab experts.
- Quotes
Dr. John Pritchard: I want you to remember this: we are trying just as hard to clear you as we are to convict you.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Kid Glove Killer (1942)
Featured review
The Scientific Method
When reform mayor Charles Waldron is blown up with a car bomb by crooked aide John Eldredge, Louis Jean Heydt is accused and picked up. However crime lab scientist Stanley Ridges won't call anyone guilty without real proof. When he has it, though, the evil-doers will discover that CRIME DOES NOT PAY.
This entry in the long-running MGM series can be considered a precursor of all those science-based mystery shows that have become so popular in the past few years. In shows like BONES and CSI, it's always science that figures out whodunnit, and this was good enough to get an Oscar nomination and an expansion a few years later into the feature KID GLOVE KILLER.
It's remarkably low-key for the series, which often culminated in gun battles, fires and attendant deaths. The decision not to have any -- Waldron aside, and that happens offscreen -- it doesn't need it.
This entry in the long-running MGM series can be considered a precursor of all those science-based mystery shows that have become so popular in the past few years. In shows like BONES and CSI, it's always science that figures out whodunnit, and this was good enough to get an Oscar nomination and an expansion a few years later into the feature KID GLOVE KILLER.
It's remarkably low-key for the series, which often culminated in gun battles, fires and attendant deaths. The decision not to have any -- Waldron aside, and that happens offscreen -- it doesn't need it.
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- boblipton
- Dec 6, 2019
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- Crime Does Not Pay #18: They're Always Caught
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- Runtime22 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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