Joe Smith, American

Joe Smith, American

63 mins | Crime, Thriller | Feb. 1, 1942

Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is kidnapped by enemy agents who are determined to get military secrets out of him by any means possible. Will Joe keep quiet or betray his country...

Joe Smith, American

63 mins | Crime, Thriller | Feb. 1, 1942

Joe Smith, American
Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is kidnapped by enemy agents who are determined to get military secrets out of him by any means possible. Will Joe keep quiet or betray his country...
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Joe Smith, American
Directors Richard Thorpe
Writers Allen Rivkin, Paul Gallico

Cast

Robert Young

as Joe Smith

Marsha Hunt

as Mary Smith

Harvey Stephens

as Freddie Dunhill

Darryl Hickman

as Johnny Smith

Jonathan Hale

as Blake McKettrick

Noel Madison

as Schricker

Don Costello

as Mead

Joseph Anthony

as Conway

William Forrest

as August 'Gus' Stoffen

Russell Hicks

as Mr. Edgerton

Mark Daniels

as Pete

William Tannen

as Eddie

Dorothy Adams

as Nurse (uncredited)

Ernie Alexander

as Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)

Billy Bletcher

as Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)

Hubert Brill

as Card Player in Waiting Room (uncredited)

John Butler

as Elias Canfield (uncredited)

George M. Carleton

as Doctor Treating Joe at Home (uncredited)

Cliff Clark

as Police Captain (uncredited)

Cliff Danielson

as Sammy, Joe's Friend in Flashback (uncredited)

Helen Dickson

as Schoolteacher (uncredited)

Frank Faylen

as Man in Waiting Room with Matches (uncredited)

John Gallaudet

as Captain Jack Weldren (uncredited)

Ava Gardner

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Eddie Hart

as Security Guard at Aircraft Plant (uncredited)

Maynard Holmes

as Boyd Sheldon, Draftee (uncredited)

Robert Homans

as Old Man in Waiting Room (uncredited)

Mitchell Ingraham

as Drug Store Owner (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson

as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

Gladden James

as Edgerton's Secretary (uncredited)

Robert Kellard

as Mel Lewis (uncredited)

Richard Kipling

as Harry - Car Driver (uncredited)

Paul Kruger

as First Police Driver (uncredited)

Warren McCollum

as Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)

James Millican

as Aircraft Plant Foreman (uncredited)

Frances Morris

as Miss Maynard - McKettrick's Secretary (uncredited)

Philip Morris

as Policeman Passenger (uncredited)

Kitty O'Neil

as Mrs. Sheldon (uncredited)

Eddie Parker

as Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

as Second Police Driver (uncredited)

Frances Raeburn

as Daisy Knowlton (uncredited)

John Raitt

as Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)

Connie Russell

as Jane Babcock (uncredited)

James Seay

as Roy, Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)

Edgar Sherrod

as Minister (uncredited)

Al Trescony

as Old Man's Son in Waiting Room (uncredited)

Dick Wessel

as Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)

Robert Blake

as Johnny Smith (age 5)