Phantoms, Inc.

This installment of the Crime Does Not Pay series is a warning to the public about the evils of psychics--though the story is indeed an extreme one. It begins with a grieving couple whose son has died. The wife insists that they consult a psychic and they are told some general things which please the grieving mother. At first, her husband (Frank Reicher) goes along with this but he soon realizes she's spending a fortune to get information from the psychics which anyone could know if they researched the family (which the psychic, played by Arthur Shields*, and his confederates did do). When the husband confronts the psychic, a fight occurs and soon the bodies start piling up!

This is a violent and exciting film. Hopefully it also warned some would-be victims about this racket, though I tend to believe that folks wanting to believe will usually believe--no matter what evidence you show them. Regardless, it's well made and worth seeing.

*Arthur Shields is actually the brother of Barry Fitzgerald and you can see the similarity between them--if you know to look!