The read
It runs a compact 1h 9m.
Synopsis
Five defense workers on their way to the munitions factory tell their stories: a refugee from the French Resistance, a frustrated race car driver, a prison warden, a former Miss America, and an intellectual who dropped out of society and saw the country as a bum.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- John H. AuerDirector
- Arch ObolerScreenplay
- Roy WebbOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- MargoLisette Rene
- John CarradineMr. Wellington
- Robert RyanJoe Dunham
- Amelita WardMary Jones (Miss America)
- William TerryBob Nolan
- Harry DavenportFred Taylor
- James BellTom Burke
- Charles ArntJim Benson
- Alan CarneySwallow
- Wally BrownSam
- Erford GageDan Barton
- Richard RyenCol. Mueller
Stills
Themes
immigranthomeless personfreedom fighterprison warden