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Don't Talk (film)

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Don't Talk
Film poster
Directed byJoe Newman
Written byAlan Friedman
StarringDon Douglas
Gloria Holden
Barry Nelson
Harry Worth
CinematographyJackson Rose, A.S.C.
Edited byHarry Komer
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • February 28, 1942 (1942-02-28)
Running time
22 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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).[1]

Plot summary

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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

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Uncredited (in order of appearance)
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

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References

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  1. ^ "The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
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