Torture Money

1937
U
21m

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Police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.Police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.Police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.

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6.1/10

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Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win total

Top cast16

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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

Debbie - False Accident Victim
(uncredited)

Mary Howard

Nurse Barry
(uncredited)

Mitchell Lewis

False Accident Witness
(uncredited)

Roger Moore

Cabbie
(uncredited)

Jason Robards Sr.

Alex Carmathy
(uncredited)

William Royle

Chief of Police
(uncredited)

Mel Ruick

Henchman Red
(uncredited)

Charles Trowbridge

Dr. Morgan
(uncredited)

Norman Willis

Henchman Doc
(uncredited)

User reviews7

Featured review

7/10

Predictable film in the "Crime Does Not Pay" Series

This is a predictable film in the Crime Does Not Pay series produced by MGM during the gangster era. It deals with insurance scams, and the word "torture" in the title is not very descriptive. The movie won an Oscar for best 2-reel short, and it is one of the better shorts in the MGM series. Still, I only gave it a 7 because it doesn't really stand out in any way.

jimderrick
Feb 22, 2004
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Trivia
The $100 000.00 collected in the scams from Universal Insurance would be the equivalent of about $2,077,000.00 in the year 2023.

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[Opening Card]This picture exposes a crime situation as unbelievable as it is grim. These crimes are more widespread than the public realizes, and I am happy to endorse this film with the hope that it will help destroy a vicious racket.

James E. Davis

Chief of Police,

Los Angeles, California