Taking a short detour to film immortality, a true tough guy named Tom Neal is well known to the film noir cult as a real life anti-hero. Slowly moving up the ranks of B movie status, Neal isn't an A lister by any means, but once you see him, you won't forget him.
In this Crime Does Not Pay short, he's on the right side of the law, the victim of extortion from a gambling racket that is also into the protection business. Due to his refusal to be taken in, his girlfriend gets introduced to a bottle of acid while squealers are murdered brutally. But being a Crime Does Not Pay short, the outcome is pretty much known from the beginning. What is fun about these shorts is how they get there.
In this Crime Does Not Pay short, he's on the right side of the law, the victim of extortion from a gambling racket that is also into the protection business. Due to his refusal to be taken in, his girlfriend gets introduced to a bottle of acid while squealers are murdered brutally. But being a Crime Does Not Pay short, the outcome is pretty much known from the beginning. What is fun about these shorts is how they get there.