One Way Passage
Their tickets took them to a heaven of love...but port was the gateway to hell!
Directed by Tay Garnett
Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
A pre-Code romantic tragedy where two doomed strangers find genuine connection aboard a ship, each harboring a fatal secret that makes their love both transcendent and inevitably heartbreaking.
A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.
Essence
Ensemble
William Powell
Dan Hardesty
Kay Francis
Joan Ames
Aline MacMahon
Countess Barilhaus
Frank McHugh
Skippy
Warren Hymer
Sgt. Steve Burke
Frederick Burton
The Doctor
Glen Cavender
French Bartender (uncredited)
Mike Donlin
Hong Kong Bartender (uncredited)
Stanley Fields
Freighter Captain (uncredited)
Willie Fung
Hong Kong Curio Dealer (uncredited)
Al Ernest Garcia
Honolulu Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Douglas Gerrard
Sir Harold (uncredited)
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