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Aedonerre I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

bkoganbing The very first Crime Does Not Pay short subject featured as its protagonist one of MGM's mainstays for the next three decades. When he did his last film for Leo the Lion in 1963 Robert Taylor set a record for the longest running studio contract for any player.Buried Loot is about as humble a beginning as you could have. Taylor is a bank clerk who has embezzled $200,000.00 plus and then goes into his boss and confesses. Says he spent it all, slow horses, fast women, you name it. He gets a 5 to 12 year sentence for his crime.But while figuring on a minimal two year term, Taylor has the money buried in a secure place, hence the title Buried Loot. Do the time and then live it up. But prison not being the wholesome experience can play funny tricks and you have a lot of time to build things up in your mind and have mind games played on you.During those first years at MGM Taylor was the matinée idol and it was always a tossup between him and Tyrone Power over at 20th Century Fox as to who was the handsomest fellow in films. Taylor's own good looks are woven into the plot in a grisly way.How they get him I won't reveal. But think about White Heat and what was done to nail James Cagney.Buried Loot was highly melodramatic but it serve to give good exposure to a star that MGM was building up for a long term investment.

Paularoc This is the first of the 50 entry series of MGM shorts Crime Does Not Pay. As with most of the entries, there are no acting credits. So it came as a pleasant surprise to see a very young Robert Taylor in the lead role. He plays a seemingly affable young bank teller who has embezzled $200,000 from his bank. Seemingly remorseful, he confesses to his boss telling him that he gambled the money away. But in fact, he is devious and has buried the stolen money and figures it's worth it to spend a few years in jail. He is sent to prison for five to ten years. After two and a half years the fear that somehow someone will find the buried money grips him and when his cell mate urges him to break out, he agrees to break out of prison with him. Once out, he immediately goes to retrieve the money. He uses a ghastly and shocking method to disguise himself. There is an excellent twist ending to the story. Top notch short well worth watching.

jotix100 "Buried Loot" was an MGM one reel feature written and directed by George Seitz that offers a story that could have been written by O'Henry because of the ironic twist in it. Since the whole cast is not credited, one wonders if the studio intended this short film as a showcase, why not have credits that mentioned the same people featured in it.The story is a simple one about how a bank employee decides to confess to the president of the institution his crime of stealing $200,000.00. What's more, he has squandered all the money. The fact is that cunning Al Douglas figures he will spend time in jail and then after serving a sentence, he will be released ahead of the term by his good behavior to dig out the treasure he has buried. But unfortunately, Al, doesn't count on his cell mate's plan to escape prison.The film presents a young Robert Taylor before he became one of the best and most admired actors of the period. Mr. Taylor is heavily made up, as it was the custom of the early films, but one could see how the camera loved him and his virile presence that made him a favorite of the movie fans."Buried Loot" is one of the best examples of the one reel format.

SkippyDevereaux One of Robert Taylor's earliest "films"--if you call a short subject, a film.All about a guy who steals $200,000 from a bank and the aftermath that goes with it. I found it to be very entertaining and thought that it was too bad that they did not do a complete full length film on this one, as it was really well made!!Try and catch it on a certain cable channel that shows these "one reel wonders", as it is a good one.