For the Common Defense! poster
Basic Info
Release: June 20, 1942
Rating: ⭐ 4.7/10 (7 votes)

For the Common Defense!

1942 ⭐ 4.7/10 7 votes
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.

Genres
Drama Crime
Production Countries
  • United States of America
Spoken Languages
  • English en
  • Italian it
  • Japanese ja
  • Spanish es

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Cast
John Litel
John Litel
Subprefect Santiago Castillo
Douglas Fowley
Douglas Fowley
Dutch Mullner
Stephen McNally
Stephen McNally
Lt. Guytan
Van Johnson
Van Johnson
Agent Pritchard
Egon Brecher
Egon Brecher
Adolph (uncredited)
Jacqueline Dalya
Jacqueline Dalya
Buckley's girlfriend (uncredited)
Mark Daniels
Mark Daniels
MGM Crime Reporter (uncredited)
Steven Geray
Steven Geray
Heinrich Ort (uncredited)
José Portugal
Officer (uncredited)
Crew
Allan Kenward
Director
John C. Higgins
Screenplay
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