Purity Squad (1945)

Purity Squad

1945

Crime

Synopsis

This entry in the Crime Does Not Pay series focuses on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's effort to ensure that drugs are fully tested before they are sold to consumers. Two unscrupulous investors market the drug 'Diabulin' as a substitute for insulin after preliminary tests show good results. After a short time, however, users start dying from the drug. The FDA and the state attorney general's office then go after the drug marketers.

Credits

Director

Harold F. Kress

Cast

Byron Foulger as Dr. Laren aka Dr. Dibson

Dick Elliott as Judge Gilmenn

Edward Earle as Judge (uncredited)

Frank Fenton as Chester Malton (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum as Radio Station Man in Studio (uncredited)

Morris Ankrum as Dr. Adams (uncredited)

Paul E. Burns as Janitor John Billings (uncredited)

Paul Langton as Mr. Winthrop (uncredited)