''Torture Money'' is a 1937 American

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crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combi ...

directed by

Harold S. Bucquet Harold S. Bucquet (10 April 1891 – 13 February 1946) was an English film director. He directed 26 films between 1936 and 1945. His 1937 film ''Torture Money'' won an Academy Award for the Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). His 1943 short ''T ...

. In 1938, it won an

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for

Best Short Subject, Two-reel The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film is an award presented at the annual Academy Awards ceremony. The award has existed, under various names, since 1957. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, "Best Short Subject, One ...

at the

10th Academy Awards The 10th Academy Awards were held on March 10, 1938 to honor films released in 1937, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California and hosted by Bob Burns. Originally scheduled for March 3, 1938, the ceremony was postponed due to the Los A ...

Cast

* Edwin Maxwell as Milton Beacher * George Lynn as Larry Martin

References

External links

* 1937 films 1937 crime films 1937 short films American crime films Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Harold S. Bucquet 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-crime-film-stub