Don't Talk

Don't Talk

22 mins | Drama | Feb. 28, 1942

This Crime Does Not Pay series entry dramatizes the idea that during wartime, people should not discuss anything related to their work when in public. A casual remark can be overheard by an enemy agent and used to sabotage the war effort. In this short, the story involves shipments of parts to a defense plant.

Don't Talk

22 mins | Drama | Feb. 28, 1942

Don't Talk
This Crime Does Not Pay series entry dramatizes the idea that during wartime, people should not discuss anything related to their work when in public. A casual remark can be overheard by an enemy agent and used to sabotage the war effort. In this short, the story involves shipments of parts to a defense plant.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Don't Talk
Directors Joseph M. Newman
Writers

Cast

Donald Douglas

as FBI Agent Jack Sampson

Gloria Holden

as Beulah Anderson aka Beulah Binvicko

Barry Nelson

as FBI Agent Freed

Harry Worth

as Otto aka Anatole

Mark Daniels

as MGM Crime Reporter (uncredited)

Dwight Frye

as Ziggy (uncredited)

James Millican

as FBI Agent-Driver