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Produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps, the 18-minute Don't Be a Sucker was designed as a cautionary fable for returning American GIs -- and, by extension, all Americans. Narrated by Lloyd Nolan, the film starts out by demonstrating the various methods by which unscrupulous sharpsters cheat homecoming servicemen out of their discharge pay. But there are many ways in which one can be suckered, as demonstrated by a soapbox demagogue who begins haranguing against minority groups. A scholarly professor (Paul Lukas) provides a coda for the story, reminding the viewer that Hitler came to power thanks to the "suckers" of Europe. Felix Bressart co-stars as a rather mature "typical" GI. Originally limited to military showings, Don't Be a Sucker was one of the few films of its kind to be distributed to civilian theaters.