Keep 'Em Sailing(1942)
An FBI agent goes undercover to investigate the sabotage of American cargo ships.
Movie: Keep 'Em Sailing
Top 9 Billed Cast
Joseph Cummins
FBI Director Sinclair
Hugo Stregel
Mitchell (uncredited)
FBI Chemist (uncredited)
Vic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited)
Pelly, Stregel's Henchman (uncredited)
Gruning, Stregel's Henchman (uncredited)
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