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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

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 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) Billy Bletcher Billy Bletcher as Police Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited) George M. Carleton George M. Carleton as Doctor Treating Joe at Home (uncredited) Cliff Clark Cliff Clark as Police Captain (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) 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) Paul Kruger Paul Kruger as First Police Driver (uncredited) James Millican James Millican as Aircraft Plant Foreman (uncredited) Frances Morris Frances Morris as Miss Maynard - McKettrick's Secretary (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) Dick Wessel Dick Wessel as Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited) Robert Blake Robert Blake as Johnny Smith (age 5)