- Country: USA
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Short
- Release: 1938-06-05
- Director: Leslie Fenton
- Writers: Karl Kamb
- Language: English
- Stars: George P. Breakston , David Durand , Norman Phillips Jr. , Warren McCollum , Joseph Crehan , Dorothy Vaughan , Eddy Waller , Ben Taggart , Harry Strang
- Runtime: 21 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: A Criminal Is Born (United States of America) , Crime Does Not Pay No. 17: A Criminal Is Born (United States of America) , A Criminal Is Born
- Plot: A message about parenting and prevention. A judge provides statistics about the percentages of crimes in the United States committed by persons under the age of 21. We then meet four high school students who hang around together - and their four sets of parents: socialites too busy to care, a local businessman who's on civic committees and his wife, a belligerent pair, and a caring couple. As the four boys drift into petty crime, one set of parents figures out their son is about to get in serious trouble. The other three youths, armed with a gun they've stolen, pick up the pace of their crimes, from burglary to robbery. Will anyone intervene before lives are ruined?
- IMDB:tt0030029
A Criminal Is Born Cast · · · ALL
Leslie Fenton
Director
George P. Breakston
Henry
David Durand
Rodney 'Rod'
Norman Phillips Jr.
Tom
Warren McCollum
Jimmy Wheeler
Joseph Crehan
Frank Wheeler
Dorothy Vaughan
Martha Wheeler
Eddy Waller
Cafe Owner Joe
Ben Taggart
First Shooting Victim
Harry Strang
Cop
Harry C. Bradley
Druggist (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Rod's Father (uncredited)
William Stack
Judge Charles Edwin Marshall (uncredited)