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Forbidden Passage(1941)
Status: Released
Date: 1941-02-08
64%
10 Votes
Time: 0h 21m
Another thrilling CRIME DOES NOT PAY Subject
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Forbidden Passage
Top 6 Billed Cast
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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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.
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1941-02-08
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Another thrilling CRIME DOES NOT PAY Subject
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