The Public Pays

The Public Pays

🎞️ Movie 19 min US
โ˜… 6.3 /10 1936

Startling expose of modern racketeering!

Racketeers, led by Moran, set up what they call the Creamery Betterment Association. They quietly coerce dairy producers to join the association, which will control the dairy market by raising milk by three cents per bottle, one cent of which will go to the association. Moran's ultimate goal is for all three cents to go to the association. Those dairy producers who refuse to join are more forcefully coerced until they feel they have no other option but to join. The higher price of milk has a profound affect on consumers, some who can no longer afford this important product. One dairy producer who holds out of the association is Paige Creamery until Moran's gang threatens Paige's family. The police feel powerless to act until they have more concrete evidence. They convince Paige to continue to hold out so they can use his company as a front for their sting operation of Moran and his gang.

Cast

Richard Alexander
Richard Alexander
Drunken Hood Who Knocks Over Milk Wagon
Barbara Bedford
Barbara Bedford
Markovitz's Secretary
Harry C. Bradley
Harry C. Bradley
Grocer
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Russ Clark
Officer Jerry
Betty Ross Clarke
Betty Ross Clarke
Paige's Secretary
John Dilson
John Dilson
Moore, Milk Company Executive
Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers
Woman from the Relief Bureau
Karl Hackett
Karl Hackett
Markovitz, Milk Company Executive
Robert Homans
Robert Homans
Officer Donovan
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George Humbert
Simonelli, Italian Milk Dealer