Don't Talk

Don't Talk

Don't Talk

5.9/ 10

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1942

Release Year

22 min

Runtime

Drama

Overview

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.

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Keywords

spy

world war ii

saboteur

sabotage

crime does not pay

Cast

Donald Douglas

Donald Douglas

FBI Agent Jack Sampson

Gloria Holden

Gloria Holden

Beulah Anderson aka Beulah Binvicko

Barry Nelson

Barry Nelson

FBI Agent Freed

Harry Worth

Harry Worth

Otto aka Anatole

Mark Daniels

Mark Daniels

MGM Crime Reporter (uncredited)

Dwight Frye

Dwight Frye

Ziggy (uncredited)

James Millican

James Millican

FBI Agent-Driver

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

July 27, 2025

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6/10

We ought to know by now, that “Crime Does Not Pay” but just in case we had forgotten, this one combines with “Dangerous Talk Costs Lives” to warn us of the dangers of idle chatting in wartime. An explosion at a factory causes the FBI to suspect that some fifth columnist saboteurs are up to no good, …

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