An episode in the "Crime Does Not Pay" series. Dave Miller, an aircraft plant worker, is actually selling secret bomber plans to foreign agents. United States Intelligence Department agents plan to trap him and the spies he works for.
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Dick Purcell as Dave Miller
Lenita Lane as Mary Miller
Egon Brecher as Klaus
Frederick Vogeding as Spy Chief
Fred Zinnemann Director
United States 14 April 1939
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21 September 1939
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11 February 1939
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16 September 1939
A white man seduces a local girl in an isolated Mayan village, which makes gods unhappy.
15 December 1939
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22 December 1939
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20 July 1939
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