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Miracle Money

Miracle Money

1938Short⏱️ 21mApproved
ShortCrimeDrama
6.7
IMDB Rating
150 votes

A quack doctor convinces people that this "Volta Ray" cures cancer, and the local medical examiners must figure out a way to put his fraudulent practice to an end.

Director
Leslie Fenton
Writers
N/A
Stars
John Miljan, Boyd Crawford, Robert Middlemass
Release Date
March 26, 1938
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 7
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

John Miljan
John Miljan
as Dr. Jones
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Boyd Crawford
as Dr. Bates
Robert Middlemass
Robert Middlemass
as Hartney Drew
E. Alyn Warren
E. Alyn Warren
as Dr. Turner
Barbara Bedford
Barbara Bedford
as Miss Grant
Clem Bevans
Clem Bevans
as Mr. Greene
Naomi Childers
Naomi Childers
as Patient
Claire Du Brey
Claire Du Brey
as Hazel
James Flavin
James Flavin
as Cop
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Jack Grey
as Patient

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Production
Loew's

🏷️ Keywords

quackerydoctorfraudsuicidepharmacy

🎯 Categories

CrimeDramaShort

⭐ Featured Review

This is one of the most successful . . .
by tadpole-596-9182562025-12-14
6/10

". . . offerings in the Crime Pays series from the 1900's. It comes from the same studio that was constantly distorting World and American History in feature films, picturing the losers as winners, the crooks as philanthropists and hopeless bigots as the Enlightened Righteous. This motley crowd's Crime Pays series was carefully crafted to instruct fraudsters, public menaces and other malingering miscreants in the basics of ripping off unsuspecting honest people. The sort of cancer hot spots depicted here still surround major American cities Today, filching the limited funds of hard-wo..."

💡 Did You Know?

The $2,000 fee Dr. Jones quotes the Greenes equates to about $46,000 in 2025.

📖 Synopsis

A quack doctor convinces people that this "Volta Ray" cures cancer, and the local medical examiners must figure out a way to put his fraudulent practice to an end.