Buyer Beware

This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with shady companies selling fake merchandise.

Cast

Charles Arnt

as Les Carter (uncredited)

Hugh Beaumont

as Insp. Thomas' Assistant (uncredited)

Egon Brecher

as Child's Father (uncredited)

Charles D. Brown

as Police Insp. William C. Thomas (uncredited)

Helen Brown

as Helen Collins (uncredited)

Ralph Byrd

as Officer Halligan (uncredited)

Ken Christy

as Marty Vincent (uncredited)

Gene Coogan

as Hood (uncredited)

Carroll Nye

as George Collins (uncredited)

Frank Orth

as Smith (uncredited)

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