For the Common Defense! 81 years old

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.

Credits

Stephen McNally as Lt. Guytan

Douglas Fowley as Dutch Mullner

Jacqueline Dalya as

John Litel as Subprefect Santiago Castillo

Van Johnson as Agent Pritchard

Mark Daniels as

For the Common Defense! Cast

Name	Character
Stephen McNally He was 30, 82 years old when he died	as Lt. Guytan
Douglas Fowley He was 31, 86 years old when he died	as Dutch Mullner
Jacqueline Dalya She was 23, 62 years old when she died
John Litel He was 49, 79 years old when he died	as Subprefect Santiago Castillo
Van Johnson He was 25, 92 years old when he died	as Agent Pritchard
Mark Daniels He was 25, 73 years old when he died
Egon Brecher He was 62, 66 years old when he died
Steven Geray He was 37, 69 years old when he died

For the Common Defense! Crew

Name	Department
Jackson Rose as Director of Photography. He was 55 (69) years old when He died	Camera
Richard Duce as Art Direction. He was 56 (77) years old when He died	Art
John C. Higgins as Screenplay. He was 34 (87) years old when He died	Writing
Jack Ruggiero as Editor. He was 33 (78) years old when He died	Editing
Allan Kenward as Director.	Directing

For the Common Defense! (81 years)

Release day: Saturday, June 20, 1942
Runtime: 22 minutes