For the Common Defense!

4.7
  • Genre: DramaCrime
  • Run time: 22 min
  • Premiere: 1942. June 20.

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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John Litel

Subprefect Santiago Castillo

Douglas Fowley

Dutch Mullner

Stephen McNally

Lt. Guytan

Van Johnson

Agent Pritchard

Egon Brecher

Adolph (uncredited)

Jacqueline Dalya

Buckley's girlfriend (uncredited)

Mark Daniels

MGM Crime Reporter (uncredited)

Steven Geray

Heinrich Ort (uncredited)

José Portugal

Officer (uncredited)

Art

Richard Duce

Art Direction

Camera

Jackson Rose

Director of Photography

Directing

Allan Kenward

Director

Editing

Writing

John C. Higgins

Screenplay

Art

Richard Duce

Art Direction

Camera

Jackson Rose

Director of Photography

Directing

Allan Kenward

Director

Editing

Writing

John C. Higgins

Screenplay