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For the Common Defense!(1942)

NR06/20/1942 (US)DramaCrime22m
47%

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Another Crime Does Not Pay Subject

Overview

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.

Allan Kenward

Director

Movie Cast

John Litel photo

John Litel

Subprefect Santiago Castillo

Douglas Fowley photo

Douglas Fowley

Dutch Mullner

Stephen McNally photo

Stephen McNally

Lt. Guytan

Van Johnson photo

Van Johnson

Agent Pritchard

Egon Brecher photo

Egon Brecher

Adolph (uncredited)

Jacqueline Dalya photo

Jacqueline Dalya

Buckley's girlfriend (uncredited)

Mark Daniels photo

Mark Daniels

MGM Crime Reporter (uncredited)

Steven Geray photo

Steven Geray

Heinrich Ort (uncredited)

José Portugal photo

José Portugal

Officer (uncredited)

Movie Stats

StatusReleased

BudgetNot Given

RevenueNot Given

Production CompanyMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Original LanguageEnglish

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