Don't Talk (1942)
22m
Running Time
February 28, 1942Release Date
Don't Talk (1942)
22m
Running Time
February 28, 1942Release Date
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Plot.
This Crime Does Not Pay series entry dramatizes the idea that during wartime, people should not discuss anything related to their work when in public. A casual remark can be overheard by an enemy agent and used to sabotage the war effort. In this short, the story involves shipments of parts to a defense plant.
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Cast & Crew.
Donald Douglas
FBI Agent Jack Sampson
Gloria Holden
Beulah Anderson aka Beulah Binvicko
Barry Nelson
FBI Agent Freed
Harry Worth
Otto aka Anatole
Barbara Bedford
Beauty Shop Customer
Dwight Frye
Ziggy (uncredited)
James Millican
FBI Agent-Driver
Margaret Bert
Mike's Wife
Details.
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Wiki.
Don't Talk is a 1942 American short propaganda film, produced for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Crime Does Not Pay series, about the dangers of homefront espionage in wartime. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 15th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Two-reel).
MGM's Crime Does Not Pay Collection.
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