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Don't Talk
Don't Talk
	Film poster
Directed by	Joe Newman
Written by	Alan Friedman
Starring	Don Douglas; Gloria Holden; Barry Nelson; Harry Worth
Cinematography	Jackson Rose, A.S.C.
Edited by	Harry Komer
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	February 28, 1942;
Running time	22 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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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

German spy Beulah is posing as a cafe waitress near a depot for trucks delivering war materiel. She listens to the truckers' conversations and reports to her superior Otto, who is posing as Anatole, manager of a beauty salon.

Cast

Don Douglas as FBI Agent Jack Sampson
Gloria Holden as Beulah Anderson, spy posing as cafe waitress
Barry Nelson as FBI Agent Freed
Harry Worth as spy chief Otto a/k/a Anatole

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

References

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

External links

Don't Talk at IMDb
The short film Don't Talk (1942) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
Don't Talk at the TCM Movie Database

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[Oscars1943-1] "The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved June 26, 2013.

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-'''''Don't Talk''''' is a 1942 American short propaganda film produced by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] 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)]].<ref name="Oscars1943">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1943 |title=The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=2013-06-26 |work=oscars.org}}</ref>
+'''''Don't Talk''''' is a 1942 American short propaganda film, produced for [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]'s [[Crime Does Not Pay (film and radio series)|''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)]].<ref name="Oscars1943">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1943 |title=The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=2013-06-26 |work=oscars.org}}</ref>
 ==Plot summary==
+German spy Beulah is posing as a cafe waitress near a depot for trucks delivering war materiel. She listens to the truckers' conversations and reports to her superior Otto, who is posing as Anatole, manager of a beauty salon.
-{{Expand section|date=February 2017}}
 ==Cast==
 * [[Don Douglas]] as FBI Agent Jack Sampson
-* [[Gloria Holden]] as Beulah Anderson aka Beulah Binvicko
+* [[Gloria Holden]] as Beulah Anderson, spy posing as cafe waitress
 * [[Barry Nelson]] as FBI Agent Freed
-* [[Harry Worth]] as Otto aka Anatole
+* [[Harry Worth (English-American actor)|Harry Worth]] as spy chief Otto a/k/a Anatole
+{|class=wikitable
-* [[Arthur Space]] as Griff a Saboteur (uncredited)
+|-
-* [[William Tannen]] as FBI Agent (uncredited)
+|+Uncredited (in order of appearance)
+|-
+|[[Matt McHugh]]||tool works employee questioned regarding the manganese explosion
+|-
+|[[Harry Wilson (actor)|Harry Wilson]]||tool works employee questioned regarding the manganese explosion
+|-
+|[[Barbara Bedford (actress)|Barbara Bedford]]||beauty shop customer
+|-
+|[[Arthur Space]]||Griff, who committed the sabotage
+|-
+|[[Jack Richardson (actor)|Jack Richardson]]||spy in back room of beauty parlor
+|-
+|[[William Tannen]]||FBI agent watching Beulah the waitress-spy at the Elite Cafe
+|-
+|[[James Warren (actor)|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 (actor)|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 (actor)|Edward Hearn]]||police sergeant driving to help the FBI agents
+{{col-end}}
 == See also ==