Forbidden Passage (1941)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Fred Zinnemann

Writer:

Carl Dudley (original story and screenplay)

Release Date:

8 February 1941 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Short

Plot:

This entry in MGM's series of shorts, "Crime Does Not Pay", features the U.S. Department of Immigration's...

Plot Keywords:

Smuggling | Immigration | Belize | Crime Does Not Pay Series | Consulate

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Addison Richards	...	Frank J. Maxwell
Wolfgang Zilzer	...	Otto Kestler
Hugh Beaumont	...	Clements
George Lessey	...	American Consul in Lisbon
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
George Cleveland	...	Anna's Father (uncredited)
Alec Craig	...	Bartender in Belize (uncredited)
Rex Downing	...	Belize Policeman (uncredited)
Poldi Dur	...	Anna Kestler (uncredited)
William Edmunds	...	Illegal Alien Aboard Tugboat (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis	...	Florida Fisherman (uncredited)
Dick Rich	...	Seaman Aboard Tugboat (uncredited)
Julian Rivero	...	Corrupt Consulate Aide in Lisbon (uncredited)
William Tannen	...	Daggett (uncredited)
Morgan Wallace	...	Belize Alien Smuggler (uncredited)
Harry Wilson	...	Seaman Aboard Tugboat (uncredited)
Harry Woods	...	Tugboat Captain (uncredited)

Directed by
Fred Zinnemann

Writing credits
Carl Dudley		(original story and screenplay)

Cinematography by
Jackson Rose		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Albert Akst

Art Direction by
Richard Duce

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (as Loew's Incorporated)

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1941) (USA) (theatrical) (as Loew's Incorporated)

Other Companies

• United States Immigration and Naturalization Service  dedicatee (as United States Immigration Service)

Also Known As:

Crime Does Not Pay No. 34: Forbidden Passage (USA) (series title)

Runtime:

21 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Soundtrack:

Siboney

Crime doesn't pay?

This is one of five crime shorts on the Warner Bros Classic Noir collection 3,that goes under the banner of "Crime doesn't pay",so what you are getting is basically a Government propaganda film that details the smuggling of illegal aliens into the US from Europe via Central America. The US customs sets up a sting operation involving under cover agents and follows would be illegals on board the ship to Florida, its a well made film with some gruesome moments when the smugglers try and get rid of the "Live Illegals" when customs challenge them and that is basically the message of the film "Don't try and gain illegal entry, it could just cost you your life"