Don't Talk (1942)
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.
- Date of release
- 1942-02-28
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 22m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Joseph M. Newman
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
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).
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