Joe Smith, American

Thrilling! It Will Lift You to the Skies!

Duration: 63 min
Release date: 1942-02-01
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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...

Crime Thriller Drama

Joe Smith, American

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Robert Young
Robert Young
as Joe Smith
Marsha Hunt
Marsha Hunt
as Mary Smith
Harvey Stephens
Harvey Stephens
as Freddie Dunhill
Darryl Hickman
Darryl Hickman
as Johnny Smith
Jonathan Hale
Jonathan Hale
as Blake McKettrick
Noel Madison
Noel Madison
as Schricker
Don Costello
Don Costello
as Mead
Joseph Anthony
Joseph Anthony
as Conway
William Forrest
William Forrest
as August 'Gus' Stoffen
Russell Hicks
Russell Hicks
as Mr. Edgerton
Mark Daniels
Mark Daniels
as Pete
William Tannen
William Tannen
as Eddie
Dorothy Adams
Dorothy Adams
as Nurse (uncredited)
Ernie Alexander
Ernie Alexander
as Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher
Billy Bletcher
as Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Hubert Brill
Hubert Brill
as Card Player in Waiting Room (uncredited)
John Butler
John Butler
as Elias Canfield (uncredited)
George M. Carleton
George M. Carleton
as Doctor Treating Joe at Home (uncredited)
Cliff Clark
Cliff Clark
as Police Captain (uncredited)
Cliff Danielson
Cliff Danielson
as Sammy, Joe's Friend in Flashback (uncredited)
Helen Dickson
Helen Dickson
as Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Frank Faylen
Frank Faylen
as Man in Waiting Room with Matches (uncredited)
John Gallaudet
John Gallaudet
as Captain Jack Weldren (uncredited)
Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Eddie Hart
Eddie Hart
as Security Guard at Aircraft Plant (uncredited)
Maynard Holmes
Maynard Holmes
as Boyd Sheldon, Draftee (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Robert Homans
as Old Man in Waiting Room (uncredited)
Mitchell Ingraham
Mitchell Ingraham
as Drug Store Owner (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Selmer Jackson
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
Gladden James
Gladden James
as Edgerton's Secretary (uncredited)
Robert Kellard
Robert Kellard
as Mel Lewis (uncredited)
Richard Kipling
Richard Kipling
as Harry - Car Driver (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Paul Kruger
as First Police Driver (uncredited)
Warren McCollum
Warren McCollum
as Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)
James Millican
James Millican
as Aircraft Plant Foreman (uncredited)
Frances Morris
Frances Morris
as Miss Maynard - McKettrick's Secretary (uncredited)
Philip Morris
Philip Morris
as Policeman Passenger (uncredited)
Kitty O'Neil
Kitty O'Neil
as Mrs. Sheldon (uncredited)
Eddie Parker
Eddie Parker
as Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Lee Phelps
as Second Police Driver (uncredited)
Frances Raeburn
Frances Raeburn
as Daisy Knowlton (uncredited)
John Raitt
John Raitt
as Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)
Connie Russell
Connie Russell
as Jane Babcock (uncredited)
James Seay
James Seay
as Roy, Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)
Edgar Sherrod
Edgar Sherrod
as Minister (uncredited)
Al Trescony
Al Trescony
as Old Man's Son in Waiting Room (uncredited)
Dick Wessel
Dick Wessel
as Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)
Robert Blake
Robert Blake
as Johnny Smith (age 5)
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