Money to Loan (1939)

7.0/10 20 min Crime Drama

Overview

The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who talks about the general want for money, and the extraordinary lengths some will go to to get it. The loan sharking business has that want for money on both sides. He tells the story of one such loan shark, Stephen Hanley, who tried to pass his company off as a legitimate loan business, but who charged exorbitant rates, and used extortion and fraud to get out of his customers even more than what they may have owed on paper.

Cast

Alan Dinehart

Stephen Hanley

Paul Guilfoyle

Hanley's Assistant

Addison Richards

District Attorney Norman Kennedy

Tom Collins

Reporter

Eddy Chandler

Police Sergeant

John Dilson

Clarence Z. Dodds, Hanley's Accountant

Lester Dorr

Frank Sidley, Loan Victim

Jack Egan

Saxophone Musician

Chuck Hamilton

Policeman in District Attorney's Office

Edward Hearn

Police Captain

Reid Kilpatrick

Radio Broadcaster

George Magrill

Radio Broadcaster (uncredited) Hanley's Strong Arm Man

Ivan Miller

Police Detective

Howard M. Mitchell

Policeman

Frances Morris

Telephone Operator

Tom Neal

Ambulance Intern

Edward Pawley

Calumette

Lee Phelps

Policeman

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