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For the Common Defense!

Another Crime Does Not Pay Subject

Year: 1942 DramaCrime Runtime: 22 min Rating: 5.0

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

DramaCrime

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

José Portugal

Officer (uncredited)

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