Joe Smith, American

Name: Joe Smith, American
Director: Richard Thorpe
Released: 1942
Duration: 63 min
Cast: Robert Young, Marsha Hunt, Harvey Stephens, Darryl Hickman, Jonathan Hale

1942

Dir. Richard Thorpe

1h 3m

USA

Synopsis

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...

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Richard Thorpe

Director

Richard Thorpe

1896 – 1991

Richard Thorpe (February 24, 1896 - May 1, 1991) was an American film director. Born Rollo Smolt Thorpe in Hutchinson, Kansas, he began his entertainment career performing in vaudeville and onstage. In 1921 he began in motion pictures as an actor and directed his first silent film in 1923. He went on to direct more than one hundred and eighty films. The first full length motion picture he directed…

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