For the Common Defense!

For the Common Defense!

22 mins | Drama, Crime | June 20, 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!

22 mins | Drama, Crime | June 20, 1942

For the Common Defense!
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.
IMDb rating 5.3
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title For the Common Defense!
Directors Allan Kenward
Writers John C. Higgins

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)