Forbidden Passage (1941)
Another thrilling CRIME DOES NOT PAY Subject
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short looks at the U.S. Department of Immigration's efforts to halt the smuggling of illegal aliens into the country. Desperate immigrants, tired of waiting for legal entry, pay exorbitant fees and risk a grisly death to enter by illegal means.
- Date of release
- 1941-02-08
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 21m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Fred Zinnemann
Casting
- Addison Richards — Frank J. Maxwell
- Wolfgang Zilzer — Otto Kestler
- Hugh Beaumont — Clements
- George Lessey — American Consul in Lisbon
- George Cleveland — Anna's Father (uncredited)
- William Edmunds — Illegal Alien Aboard Tugboat (uncredited)
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