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Buyer Beware

1940 · 20 min

A brisk, sober-minded cautionary short that plays like a lecture dressed as a small crime story.

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

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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • deception
  • greed
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
crime, drama
Directed by
Joseph M. Newman
Written by
Julian Harmon
Starring
Charles Arnt, Hugh Beaumont, Egon Brecher, Charles D. Brown, Helen Brown, Ralph Byrd, Ken Christy, Gene Coogan
Cinematography
Lester White
Runtime
20 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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