1942 American film
Don't Talk | |
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Film poster | |
Directed by | Joe Newman |
Written by | Alan Friedman |
Starring | Don Douglas Gloria Holden Barry Nelson Harry Worth |
Cinematography | Jackson Rose, A.S.C. |
Edited by | Harry Komer |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 22 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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).
Plot summary※
German spy Beulah is posing as a cafe waitress near a depot for trucks delivering war material. She listens——to the truckers' conversations and reports——to her superior Otto, "who is posing as Anatole," manager of a beauty salon.
Cast※
- Don Douglas as FBI Agent Jack Sampson
- Gloria Holden as Beulah Anderson, spy posing as cafe waitress
- Barry Nelson as FBI Agent Freed
- Harry Worth as spy chief Otto a/k/a Anatole
Matt McHugh | tool works employee questioned regarding the manganese explosion |
Harry Wilson | tool works employee questioned regarding the manganese explosion |
Barbara Bedford | beauty shop customer |
Arthur Space | Griff, who committed the sabotage |
Jack Richardson | spy in back room of beauty parlor |
William Tannen | FBI agent watching Beulah the waitress-spy at the Elite Cafe |
James Warren | FBI technician examining bullet hole in truck engine |
Dwight Frye | Ziggy, one of the spies |
George Magrill | guard at truck loading dock |
Robert Elliott | detective at truck loading dock |
Margaret Bert | cafe customer, "wife of Mike," truck loader hurt by, crate pushed onto his arm |
James Millican | FBI agent driving the car following Beulah |
Edward Hearn | police sergeant driving to help the FBI agents |
See also※
References※
- ^ "The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
External links※
- Don't Talk at IMDb
- The short film Don't Talk (1942) is available for free viewing. And download at the Internet Archive.
- Don't Talk at the TCM Movie Database
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