Characters & Themes
Soak the Poor (1937) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1937 · 16 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Harold S. Bucquet
- Starring
- Leon Ames, George Chandler, Leslie Fenton, Byron Foulger, Carl Stockdale, Phillip Trent
Set within MGM’s “Crime Does Not Pay” series, the short illustrates how a gang of racketeers terrorizes independent grocers, hijacking government relief tickets and inflating prices. Their intimidation forces shop owners to pass the added freight costs onto consumers, exposing the destructive ripple of organized crime on everyday commerce.
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