Keep 'Em Sailing (1942)
An FBI agent goes undercover to investigate the sabotage of American cargo ships.
Top billed cast
Jim DavisJoseph Cummins
Ian KeithFBI Director Sinclair- George TravellRucca
Frederick WorlockHugo Stregel
Stanley AndrewsMitchell (uncredited)
Hugh BeaumontFBI Chemist (uncredited)
Ralph DunnVic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited)
Byron FoulgerPelly, Stregel's Henchman (uncredited)
Ian WolfeGruning, Stregel's Henchman (uncredited)
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