Movie: For the Common Defense!

Top 9 Billed Cast

John Litel
John Litel

Subprefect Santiago Castillo

Douglas Fowley
Douglas Fowley

Dutch Mullner

Stephen McNally
Stephen McNally

Lt. Guytan

Van Johnson
Van Johnson

Agent Pritchard

Egon Brecher
Egon Brecher

Adolph (uncredited)

Jacqueline Dalya
Jacqueline Dalya

Buckley's girlfriend (uncredited)

Mark Daniels
Mark Daniels

MGM Crime Reporter (uncredited)

Steven Geray
Steven Geray

Heinrich Ort (uncredited)

José Portugal
José Portugal

Officer (uncredited)

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  • Overview

    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.

  • Release Date

    1942-06-20

  • Average

    4.3

  • Rating:

    2.1 starts
  • Tagline

    Another Crime Does Not Pay Subject

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