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For the Common Defense!

For the Common Defense!

1942 Drama Crime
Release date : June 20, 1942
Runtime : 22m
Countries of origin : United States of America /
Original Language : English / Italian / Japanese / Spanish /
Director : Allan Kenward /
Writers : John C. Higgins /
Production companies : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer /
June 20, 1942 22m United States of America Drama English More
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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.
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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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  • title：For the Common Defense!
  • status：Released
  • Release date： 1942
  • Runtime：22m
  • Genres： Drama · Crime ·
  • Countries of origin： United States of America ·
  • Original Language： English · Italian · Japanese · Spanish ·
  • Director： Allan Kenward /
  • Writers： John C. Higgins ·
  • Production companies： Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ·
  • 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.
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