Purity Squad

Purity Squad

NR 1945 · 20 min · ★ 7.7 · Crime

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.

Directed by Harold F. Kress · Written by Charles F. Royal

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Byron Foulger Dr. Laren aka Dr. Dibson
Dick Elliott Judge Gilmenn
Morris Ankrum Dr. Adams (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns Janitor John Billings (uncredited)
Edward Earle Judge (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum Radio Station Man in Studio (uncredited)
Frank Fenton Chester Malton (uncredited)
William Forrest Dr. Cooper (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson Darles F. Peters (uncredited)
Paul Langton Mr. Winthrop (uncredited)

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