For the Common Defense!

Another Crime Does Not Pay Subject

For the Common Defense! — Plot

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
• June 20, 1942
• Runtime
• 22 min
• Genres
• Drama, Crime
• Director
• Allan Kenward

For the Common Defense! — 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)