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Don't Talk 1942 Directed by Joseph M. Newman

Even a whisper may get to Hitler

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gnere Drama
Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release Date 28 February 1942
22 mins
Cast
Donald Douglas FBI Agent Jack Sampson
Gloria Holden Beulah Anderson aka Beulah Binvicko
Barry Nelson FBI Agent Freed
Harry Worth Otto aka Anatole
Mark Daniels MGM Crime Reporter (uncredited)
Dwight Frye Ziggy (uncredited)
James Millican FBI Agent-Driver
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