For the Common Defense! (1942)
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.
Cast
John Litel
Subprefect Santiago Castillo
Douglas Fowley
Dutch Mullner
Stephen McNally
Lt. Guytan
Van Johnson
Agent Pritchard
Egon Brecher
Adolph (uncredited)
Jacqueline Dalya
Buckley's girlfriend (uncredited)
Mark Daniels
MGM Crime Reporter (uncredited)
Steven Geray
Heinrich Ort (uncredited)Recommendations
The Quiller Memorandum
Knock on Any Door
Waiting for Anya
Cigarettes & Coffee
Battleground
Each Dawn I Die
Islands
The Unholy Three
Plunder Road
Woman of Straw
House of Bamboo
Madame X
Indemnity
The Glass Key
They Made Me a Fugitive
Return
Witness to Murder
The Last Rifleman
The Blue Gardenia
Johnny O'Clock