A Criminal Is Born

Year: 1938

Runtime: 21 mins

Language: English

Director: Leslie Fenton

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Part of MGM’s Crime Does Not Pay series, this short dramatizes the true tale of a neglected youth who falls in with a street gang, launches a violent crime spree, and ultimately commits murder, showing how parental indifference can drive a young man toward a fatal path.

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