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The Perfect Set-Up(1936)
Status: Released
Date: 1936-02-01
60%
2 Votes
Time: 0h 21m
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Perfect Set-Up
Top 10 Billed Cast
Helene Chadwick
Mary (uncredited)
Robert Dudley
Theatre Employee Shooting Victim (uncredited)
William Gould
San Francisco Police Detective (uncredited)
Mahlon Hamilton
Witness (uncredited)
William Henry
Alan E. Saunders (uncredited)
J. Anthony Hughes
Chet (uncredited)
Frank Shannon
Detective Hewitt (uncredited)
Ben Taggart
Police Detective (uncredited)
William Tannen
MGM Crime Reporter Jim (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
Dave Mayne (uncredited)
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