Joe Smith, American (1942)
Overview
Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is kidnapped by enemy agents who are determined to get military secrets out of him by any means possible. Will Joe keep quiet or betray his country...
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.544 |
Directed By
Richard Thorpe
Crew
Richard Thorpe
Allen Rivkin
Paul Gallico
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Jack Chertok
Harry Rapf
Elmo Veron
Cedric Gibbons
Charles Lawton Jr.
Dore Schary
Edwin B. Willis
TOP CAST
Robert Young
Joe Smith
Marsha Hunt
Mary Smith
Harvey Stephens
Freddie Dunhill
Darryl Hickman
Johnny Smith
Jonathan Hale
Blake McKettrick
Noel Madison
Schricker
Don Costello
Mead
Joseph Anthony
Conway
William Forrest
August 'Gus' Stoffen
Russell Hicks
Mr. Edgerton
Mark Daniels
Pete
William Tannen
Eddie
Dorothy Adams
Nurse (uncredited)
Ernie Alexander
Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher
Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Hubert Brill
Card Player in Waiting Room (uncredited)
John Butler
Elias Canfield (uncredited)
George M. Carleton
Doctor Treating Joe at Home (uncredited)
Cliff Clark
Police Captain (uncredited)
Cliff Danielson
Sammy, Joe's Friend in Flashback (uncredited)
Helen Dickson
Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Frank Faylen
Man in Waiting Room with Matches (uncredited)
John Gallaudet
Captain Jack Weldren (uncredited)
Ava Gardner
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Eddie Hart
Security Guard at Aircraft Plant (uncredited)
Maynard Holmes
Boyd Sheldon, Draftee (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Old Man in Waiting Room (uncredited)
Mitchell Ingraham
Drug Store Owner (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
Gladden James
Edgerton's Secretary (uncredited)
Robert Kellard
Mel Lewis (uncredited)
Richard Kipling
Harry - Car Driver (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
First Police Driver (uncredited)
Warren McCollum
Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)
James Millican
Aircraft Plant Foreman (uncredited)
Frances Morris
Miss Maynard - McKettrick's Secretary (uncredited)
Philip Morris
Policeman Passenger (uncredited)
Kitty O'Neil
Mrs. Sheldon (uncredited)
Eddie Parker
Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Second Police Driver (uncredited)
Frances Raeburn
Daisy Knowlton (uncredited)
John Raitt
Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)
Connie Russell
Jane Babcock (uncredited)
James Seay
Roy, Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)
Edgar Sherrod
Minister (uncredited)
Al Trescony
Old Man's Son in Waiting Room (uncredited)
Dick Wessel
Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)
Robert Blake
Johnny Smith (age 5)
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