For the Common Defense! Trailer

For the Common Defense! Trailer (1942)

"Another Crime Does Not Pay Subject" 20 June 1942 Drama, Crime 22 mins

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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Cast

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)

Jose Portugal

as Officer (uncredited)

Crew

Jackson Rose

Jackson Rose Director of Photography

Richard Duce

Richard Duce Art Direction

International Releases Dates

United States 20 June 1942

Production Companies

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