This Crime Does Not Pay entry focuses on fake spiritualists. A mother is worried about her son, who is missing in action. Over time, she gives a con man all of the family savings to find reassurance that her son is all right. When she can no longer pay, events take a tragic turn.
Dorothy Adams
as Dr. Trykel's Associate
Morris Ankrum
as Narrator (voice)
Ralph Dunn
as Detective Lester
Harry Hayden
as Gus Conklin
Lloyd Ingraham
as High School Principal
Howard M. Mitchell
as Butcher
Frank Reicher
as Philip Kenneson, Sr.
Arthur Shields
as Dr. Rupert Trykel
Ann Shoemaker
as Mrs. Martha Kenneson
Crane Whitley
as Inspector Becker
