For the Common Defense! (1942)
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.
For the Common Defense!Drama, Crime
Cast
- 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)
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