Respect the Law

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Shows how so-called "minor" lawbreakers can do more damage than major criminals.Shows how so-called "minor" lawbreakers can do more damage than major criminals.Shows how so-called "minor" lawbreakers can do more damage than major criminals.

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6.2/10

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Moroni Olsen

Dr. Walter Terriss

Richard Lane

George Johnson

Frank Orth

Peter Brennan

William Forrest

Lt. Edward Macroy

Hugh Beaumont

Hubbard - Reporter
(uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

Johnson's Maid
(uncredited)

Naomi Childers

Nurse
(uncredited)

Mary Currier

Mrs. George Johnson
(uncredited)

Bruce Edwards

Interne
(uncredited)

Rosina Galli

Mrs. Arturi - Bereaved Italian Mother
(uncredited)

George Guhl

Williams - Radio Interviewee
(uncredited)

Eddie Hart

Police Officer
(uncredited)

William Lally

Cop
(uncredited)

Hal Le Sueur

Reporter
(uncredited)

Claire McDowell

Nun
(uncredited)

Frank Mills

Dock Worker
(uncredited)

Roger Moore

Reporter
(uncredited)

John Raitt

Pete - First Plague Victim
(uncredited)

User reviews8

Featured review

6/10

Crime Does Not Pay

It's A Crime Does Not Pay Subject from MGM. The premise is that small crimes lead to greater crimes. In the short, Johnson scoffs at the $26k rat-proofing ordinance and uses a $2500 bribe to get around the order. Soon, rats over-run the docks which leads to an outbreak of plague.

While I'm fine with this episode, there is a danger to the message. Quite frankly, this speaks more to the imbalance of perception between white collar crimes and other crimes. A bribe to a city official is a much bigger danger to society than one would expect. One could take the message of this short and propose a broad indiscriminate sweep of all crimes like jaywalking or curfew violation. I would massage the message to making white collar crimes into a more important level instead of the broken window theory of crime.