Summary
Joe Smith, American is an American film first released in 1942,
directed by Richard Thorpe.
The film stars Robert Young, Marsha Hunt, Harvey Stephens, Darryl Hickman and Jonathan Hale.
It has also been released under the title: Highway to Freedom.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Richard Thorpe
- Script: Paul Gallico, Allen Rivkin
- Photo: Charles Lawton Jr.
- Music: Daniele Amfitheatrof, David Snell
- Cast: Robert Young (Joe Smith), Marsha Hunt (Mary Hewett Smith), Harvey Stephens (Mr. Frederick ’Freddie’ Dunhill), Darryl Hickman (Johnny Smith), Jonathan Hale (Blake McKettrick), Noel Madison (Schricker, Abductor Who Socks Joe), Don Costello (Mead, Abductor with Stain on Shoe), Joseph Anthony (Conway, Abductor with Turkish Cigarettes), William Forrest (August ’Gus’ Stockton), Russell Hicks (Mr. Edgerton), Mark Daniels (Pete), William Tannen (Eddie), Dorothy Adams (Nurse), Ernie Alexander (Aircraft Plant Worker), Robert Blake (Young Joe Smith in Montage), Billy Bletcher (Police Radio Broadcaster), Hubert Brill (Card Player in Waiting Room), John Butler (Elias Canfield), George M. Carleton (Doctor Treating Joe at Home), Cliff Clark (Police Captain), Cliff Danielson (Sammy, Joe’s Friend in Flashback), Helen Dickson (Henry’s Wife), Frank Faylen (Man in Waiting Room with Matches), John Gallaudet (Captain Jack Weldren), Ava Gardner (Miss Maynard, Secretary), Eddie Hart (Policeman at Aircraft Plant), Maynard Holmes (Boyd Sheldon, Draftee), Robert Homans (Old Man in Waiting Room), Mitchell Ingraham (Drug Store Owner), Selmer Jackson (Hospital Doctor), Gladden James (Edgerton’s Secretary), Robert Kellard (Mel Lewis), Richard Kipling (Henry, Car Driver), Paul Kruger (First Police Driver), Warren McCollum (Aircraft Plant Worker), James Millican (Aircraft plant foreman), Frances Morris (McKettrick’s Secretary), Philip Morris (Policeman Passenger), Kitty O’Neil (Mrs. Sheldon), Eddie Parker (Aircraft Plant Worker), Lee Phelps (Second Police Driver), Frances Raeburn (Daisy Knowlton), John Raitt (Aircraft Plant Worker), Connie Russell (Jane Babcock), James Seay (Roy, Aircraft Plant Worker), Edgar Sherrod (Minister), Al Trescony (Old Man’s Son in Waiting Room), Dick Wessel (Aircraft Plant Worker)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 63 min; B&W
- Aka: Highway to Freedom
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