Help Wanted (1939)
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
Sub-Genres - Crime Drama |
Release Date - Jun 10, 1939 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 21 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Mark Deming
Fred Zinnemann directed this short subject from M-G-M's "Crime Does Not Pay" series, designed to help people avoid being taken in by con men. In Help Wanted, a bogus "employment agency" offers to help needy men find work, but only in exchange for a sizable payment up front; after paying the fees, the victims then discover they have no work to offer. Help Wanted stars Tom Neal, a B-picture leading man best remembered for his role in Edgar G. Ulmer's cult favorite Detour.
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gangster, kickback, rackets [corruption]
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