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Joe Smith, American

Joe Smith, American

Release: 1942-02-01 ·Runtime: 63m ·★ 5.8
Crime Thriller Drama

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 Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast

Connie Russell Connie Russell as Jane Babcock (uncredited) Russell Hicks Russell Hicks as Mr. Edgerton William Tannen William Tannen as Eddie Billy Bletcher Billy Bletcher as Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited) George M. Carleton George M. Carleton as Doctor Treating Joe at Home (uncredited) Maynard Holmes Maynard Holmes as Boyd Sheldon, Draftee (uncredited) Darryl Hickman Darryl Hickman as Johnny Smith William Forrest William Forrest as August 'Gus' Stoffen Dorothy Adams Dorothy Adams as Nurse (uncredited) Frances Morris Frances Morris as Miss Maynard - McKettrick's Secretary (uncredited) Marsha Hunt Marsha Hunt as Mary Smith Cliff Clark Cliff Clark as Police Captain (uncredited) Mitchell Ingraham Mitchell Ingraham as Drug Store Owner (uncredited) James Seay James Seay as Roy, Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited) Dick Wessel Dick Wessel as Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited) Don Costello Don Costello as Mead Selmer Jackson Selmer Jackson as Hospital Doctor (uncredited) Robert Homans Robert Homans as Old Man in Waiting Room (uncredited) John Raitt John Raitt as Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited) Robert Blake Robert Blake as Johnny Smith (age 5) Harvey Stephens Harvey Stephens as Freddie Dunhill Ava Gardner Ava Gardner as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) Robert Kellard Robert Kellard as Mel Lewis (uncredited) Paul Kruger Paul Kruger as First Police Driver (uncredited) Robert Young Robert Young as Joe Smith Jonathan Hale Jonathan Hale as Blake McKettrick Mark Daniels Mark Daniels as Pete John Gallaudet John Gallaudet as Captain Jack Weldren (uncredited) James Millican James Millican as Aircraft Plant Foreman (uncredited) Eddie Parker Eddie Parker as Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited) Lee Phelps Lee Phelps as Second Police Driver (uncredited) Noel Madison Noel Madison as Schricker Frank Faylen Frank Faylen as Man in Waiting Room with Matches (uncredited) Gladden James Gladden James as Edgerton's Secretary (uncredited) Frances Raeburn Frances Raeburn as Daisy Knowlton (uncredited)