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In this MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" series short, a radio and television engineer falls into a life of crime by dismantling alarms for robberies.
Cast
Helene Chadwick, Robert Dudley, William Gould, Mahlon Hamilton, William Henry, J. Anthony Hughes, Frank Shannon, Ben Taggart, William Tannen, Harry Tyler
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