The Perfect Set-Up

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

as Mary (uncredited)

Robert Dudley

as Theatre Employee Shooting Victim (uncredited)

William Gould

as San Francisco Police Detective (uncredited)

Mahlon Hamilton

as Witness (uncredited)

William Henry

as Alan E. Saunders (uncredited)

J. Anthony Hughes

as Chet (uncredited)

Frank Shannon

as Detective Hewitt (uncredited)

Ben Taggart

as Police Detective (uncredited)

William Tannen

as MGM Crime Reporter Jim (uncredited)

Harry Tyler

as Dave Mayne (uncredited)

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