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For the Common Defense!

For the Common Defense!

Allan Kenward

1942

  • Drama
  • Crime
5.0

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 & crew

  • Allan KenwardDirector
  • John LitelSubprefect Santiago Castillo
  • Douglas FowleyDutch Mullner
  • Stephen McNallyLt. Guytan
  • Van JohnsonAgent Pritchard
  • Egon BrecherAdolph (uncredited)
  • Jacqueline DalyaBuckley's girlfriend (uncredited)
  • Mark DanielsMGM Crime Reporter (uncredited)
  • Steven GerayHeinrich Ort (uncredited)

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