For the Common Defense!

For the Common Defense! (1942)

Another Crime Does Not Pay Subject

  • Genre: Drama, Crime
  • Release Date: 1942-06-20
  • User Rating: 4.7/10 from 7 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 22min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Allan Kenward
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Summary

This Crime Does Not Pay short shows how cooperation among all the nations of the Americas helps the war effort. In this case, a US government agent travels to Chile and Colombia. He works with local authorities to try to thwart an Axis plan to ship stolen ammunition.

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  • John Litel

    as Subprefect Santiago Castillo

  • Douglas Fowley

    as Dutch Mullner

  • Stephen McNally

    as Lt. Guytan

  • Van Johnson

    as Agent Pritchard

  • Egon Brecher

    as Adolph (uncredited)

  • Jacqueline Dalya

    as Buckley's girlfriend (uncredited)

  • Mark Daniels

    as MGM Crime Reporter (uncredited)

  • Steven Geray

    as Heinrich Ort (uncredited)

  • José Portugal

    as Officer (uncredited)
Art Richard Duce Art Direction
Camera Jackson Rose Director of Photography
Editing Jack Ruggiero Editor
Directing Allan Kenward Director
Writing John C. Higgins Screenplay

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