Crime Does Not Pay
CRIME DOES NOT PAY was a series based on short films of the same name
produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was similar to Gangbusters,
having a moralistic message about the law and lawbreaker. It was
first heard over WMGM (NYC), hosted by Donald Buka. The last original
show aired on Apr. 11, 1951.
The series started on Monday evenings at 7:30 PM (on WMGM) and held
that time/day spot until Oct. 30, 1950. The 56'th show marked a
change to Wednesday night, again at 7:30. After show number 78 (Apr.
11, 1951) the shows were repeated, starting with the first, "Kid With
a Gun". The repeats followed the original order up until repeat of
number 26, "Ingenious Woman" on Oct. 10, 1951. Repeats were not
uncommon. Even before the last original show, older shows were
repeated on alternate dates to the main series run.
49/10/10 1 The Kid with a Gun 49/10/17 2 All-American Fake 49/11/07 5 Trigger Man's Moll 49/11/14 6 Body of the Crime 49/11/21 7 Summertime Take 49/11/28 8 Female of the Species
49/12/05 9 A Piece of Rope
49/12/12 10 Gasoline Cocktail
49/12/19 11 Dead Pigeon
49/12/26 12 Glossy Finish
50/01/02 13 Clothes Make the Woman
50/01/09 14 Law of the Jungle
50/02/13 19 For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
50/02/20 20 Death on the Doorstep
50/02/27 21 Kangaroo Court
50/03/06 22 What's in a Name
50/03/27 25 Thick as Thieves
50/04/03 26 Ingenious Woman
50/05/08 31 Don't Write, Telephone
50/05/15 32 Between the Dark and the Daylight
50/05/22 33 The Second Hand Pistol
50/05/29 34 Imported Headaches
50/06/19 37 Clip Joint
50/06/26 38 The Professor Pulls a Switch
50/07/03 39 The Lady Loves Kittens
50/07/10 40 Once Too Often
50/07/17 41 Burglar Alarm
50/07/24 42 Horseshoes Are for Luck 
50/07/31 43 Beauty and the Beast
50/08/07 44 Giddyup Horsey
50/08/14 45 The Gangster Was a Lady
50/08/21 46 Murder Makes Book
50/08/28 47 Father's Boy
50/09/04 48 The Weak Spot
50/09/11 49 Horse Face
50/09/18 50 They Gotta Have What to Eat
50/10/09 53 Voice of Death
50/10/16 54 The Recruit
50/10/23 55 Escort for Hire
50/10/30 56 The Big Book
50/11/08 57 Mow the Man Down
50/11/15 58 The Celluloid Candle
50/11/22 59 The Doll
50/11/29 60 Kid Shive
50/12/05 61 Two Gun Annie
50/12/13 62 Strange Token
50/12/20 63 Building Blocks
50/12/27 64 Death on the Upgrade
51/01/03 65 Edge of the Desert 
51/01/10 66 Cards and Spades
51/01/17 67 The Old Mob Goes
51/01/24 68 Love Is Not All
51/01/31 69 Heir Apparent
51/02/07 70 Carnival Frail
51/02/14 71 Rough Customer
51/02/21 72 For Sweet Charity
51/02/28 73 Operation Payroll
51/03/07 74 Diamonds Trumped
51/03/14 75 Through the Hoop
51/03/21 76 Plug Ugly
51/03/28 77 Front Boy
51/04/04 78 Violets, Sweet Violets 