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Money to Loan

Money to Loan

19396.70h 20mNR

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.

Directed by Joseph M. Newman
Written by John C. Higgins
Produced by Jack Chertok
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Top Cast

Alan Dinehart

Alan Dinehart

Stephen Hanley

Paul Guilfoyle

Paul Guilfoyle

Hanley's Assistant

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John Butler

Joe Mello

Addison Richards

Addison Richards

District Attorney Norman Kennedy

Tom Collins

Tom Collins

Reporter

Eddy Chandler

Eddy Chandler

Police Sergeant

John Dilson

John Dilson

Clarence Z. Dodds, Hanley's Accountant

Lester Dorr

Lester Dorr

Frank Sidley, Loan Victim

Jack Egan

Jack Egan

Saxophone Musician

Chuck Hamilton

Chuck Hamilton

Policeman in District Attorney's Office

Themes & Keywords

loanloan sharkcrime investigationillegal activity

About Money to Loan

Money to Loan is a crime, drama film released in 1939 exploring themes of loan, loan shark, crime investigation, illegal activity. Directed by Joseph M. Newman, it stars Alan Dinehart, Paul Guilfoyle, John Butler. 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.

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