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The Traitor Within 1942 Directed by Frank McDonald

In this drama, a truck driver begins wooing a young woman who still lives with her father who constantly brags how he, not the town mayor, was responsible for catching a regiment of Germans during WW I. Unfortunately, no one in town takes him seriously. Later the daughter meets a German immigrant who confirms her father's claim. She then convinces her boy friend to use this information to blackmail the mayor into giving him a new truck and some extra amenities lest he tell the truth.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Action , Crime , Drama
Production Company Republic Pictures
Release Date 16 December 1942
62 mins
Cast
Don 'Red' Barry Sam Starr
Jean Parker Molly Betts
George Cleveland 'Pop' Betts
Ralph Morgan John Scott Ryder
Jessica Newcombe Mrs. Ryder
Bradley Page Al McGonigle
Dick Wessel Henchman Otis
Sam McDaniel Melrose