Illegal Entry (1949)
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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. The film leaves no cliché unturned, not even the familiar scene wherein the airborne smugglers dispose of their human cargo by way of a handy lever which causes the bottom of the plane's passenger section to drop out. Illegal Entry is staged in semi-documentary fashion, maintaining the then-prevalent tradition of such popular films as House on 92nd Street and Call Northside 777. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Howard Duff - Bert Powers
- George Brent - Dan Collins
- Tom Tully - Nick Gruber
- Richard Rober - Dutch Lempo
- James Nolan - Benson
- David Clarke - Carl
- Anthony Caruso - Teague
- Jack Chefe - Man
- Curt Conway - Thin-Faced Man
- Alex Akimoff
- Vito Scotti - Mexican Youth
- Märta Torén - Anna Duvak
- Gar Moore - Lee Sloan
- Paul Stewart - Zack Richards
- Joseph Vitale - Joe Bottsy
- Clifton Young - Bill Rafferty
- Robert Osterloh - Crowthers
- Donna Martell - Maria
- Kenneth Tobey - Dave
- Ray Flynn - Bartender
- Walden Boyle - Payson
- Pierce Lyden - Gunman
- Director(s):
- Frederick de Cordova
- Writer(s):
- Herbert Kline, Ben Bengal, Joel Malone
- Producer(s):
- Jules Schermer
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