A Lady Without Passport

A Lady Without Passport (1950)

How long can she remain

An undercover U.S. Immigration agent falls in love with an immigrant attempting to enter the United States through Havana, Cuba in an illegal smuggling ring.

Date of release
1950-08-03
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (23)
Runtime
1h 14m
Genres
Thriller, Crime
Director
Joseph H. Lewis

Casting

Interesting facts

A Lady Without Passport is a 1950 American film noir film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Hedy Lamarr and John Hodiak. Written by Howard Dimsdale, the film is about a beautiful concentration-camp refugee who waits in Cuba for permission to enter the United States. An undercover immigration agent uses her as an informant to entrap the leader of an alien-smuggling ring.

Production

The film was in production from early January through late February 1950. Its working title was Visa but was changed to A Lady Without Passport soon after production wrapped.

Hedy Lamarr initially refused to appear in the film and requested $150,000 for her work. She then negotiated a $90,000 guarantee with M-G-M studio head Louis B. Mayer, but waived script approval in return. This left her bound to a poorly received immigration drama featuring an unsympathetic protagonist.

The Florida scenes were originally intended to take place in a hotel. When producer Samuel Marx was unable to locate an empty hotel that could be used for filming, he had the climactic scenes moved to the Everglades. The scenes in Cuba were shot on location.

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