Illegal Entry (1949)
True and Terrifically Told!
Long before he became producer/director of The Tonight Show, Fred DeCordova helmed the Universal meller Illegal Entry. Howard Duff, who later worked with DeCordova on the TV series Mr. Adams and Eve, stars as Bert Powers, an undercover agent for the U.S. Department of Immigration. While attempting to bring a vicious gang of alien smugglers to justice, Powers falls in love with Anna Duvak (Marta Toren), a gang member who is Not What She Seems.
- Date of release
- 1949-06-01
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Director
- Frederick de Cordova
Casting
- Howard Duff — Bert Powers
- Märta Torén — Anna Duvak O'Neill
- George Brent — Chief Agent Dan Collins
- Gar Moore — Lee Sloan
- Tom Tully — Nick Gruber
- Paul Stewart — Zack Richards
- Richard Rober — Dutch Lempo
- Joseph Vitale — Joe Bottsy
- James Nolan — Agent Benson
- Clifton Young — Billy Rafferty
- David Clarke — Carl
- Robert Osterloh — Agent Crowthers
Interesting facts
Illegal Entry is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Frederick De Cordova and starring Howard Duff, Märta Torén and George Brent. The film and its treatment of illegal entry and unlawful residence in the United States is introduced by Watson B. Miller, the commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service under President Harry S. Truman.
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