A young girl, wanting a life of luxury, takes the "easy" way, and winds up in jail.A young girl, wanting a life of luxury, takes the "easy" way, and winds up in jail.A young girl, wanting a life of luxury, takes the "easy" way, and winds up in jail.
Photos
Jack Chefe
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
- Passerby
- (uncredited)
Jack Deery
- Faculty Member
- (uncredited)
Fred Graham
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
- Police Car Driver
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Alice Moore
- Women's Prison Warden
- (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
- Detective John Hennessey
- (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
- Police Lab Technician
- (uncredited)
Poppy Wilde
- Night Club Patron
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFourth of 48 MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" shorts released from 1935 to 1947.
- GoofsThe story is supposed to take place in New York, but when the police are studying a wall map marked with the locations of the crimes, it's clearly a map of Los Angeles.
- Quotes
Thelma Black: We thought we were smart, but the police were smarter.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Hit-and-Run Driver (1935)
Featured review
her red hair gave her away
An early entry (No. 4) in the MGM series "Crime Does Not Pay".
Irene Hervey ( who was a lovely leading lady in many MGM films) played Thelma - a girl who yearns for excitement and unfortunately finds it.
Robert Livingston had appeared in a few early musicals but found success as a Western star in the series "The Three Mesquiteers". He plays Steve who is an evil influence on the innocent Thelma.
After initially wanting to go to the police (after their first robbery, they run a car off the road and the driver is killed) - she soon learns to live for thrills.
A lot of the short involves how the police captured this "Bonnie and Clyde" duo - after all "Crime Does Not Pay". The two stars went on to bigger and better things.
Irene Hervey ( who was a lovely leading lady in many MGM films) played Thelma - a girl who yearns for excitement and unfortunately finds it.
Robert Livingston had appeared in a few early musicals but found success as a Western star in the series "The Three Mesquiteers". He plays Steve who is an evil influence on the innocent Thelma.
After initially wanting to go to the police (after their first robbery, they run a car off the road and the driver is killed) - she soon learns to live for thrills.
A lot of the short involves how the police captured this "Bonnie and Clyde" duo - after all "Crime Does Not Pay". The two stars went on to bigger and better things.
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- Also known as
- Crime Does Not Pay Series No. 4: 'A Thrill for Thelma'
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- Runtime18 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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