Part of MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series, this short film focuses on crimes revolving around pension scams.
Social & External
Peterson
John Arnold
Ruthie
William Bowen, Narrator
Detective (uncredited)
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The Old Man is a 1914 film short
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When a battered boxer past his prime finds his dreams and his relationships on the ropes, he falls back in with a dangerous crowd and has to take the biggest swing of his life to reclaim his hope and his family.
A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, talks his possible son-in-law Tom into a hoax in an attempt to expose ineptitude of the city's hard-line district attorney. The plan is to have Tom plant clues leading to his arrest for killing a female nightclub dancer. Once Tom is found guilty, he is to reveal the setup and humiliate the DA.
A recently-released convict becomes the most powerful pimp in Oakland, but tragedy ensues when his activities draw the ire of two corrupt cops and the crime lord he once worked for.
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A family man – desperate for a job – latches onto a friend who encourages him into being a criminal.
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Three men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, which turns violent and deadly.
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