Keep 'Em Sailing (1942)
Gênero : Crime
Runtime : 20M
Director : Basil Wrangell
Escritor : Buddy Adler, Julian Harmon
Sinopse
An FBI agent goes undercover to investigate the sabotage of American cargo ships.
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