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One Way Passage is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic film starring William Powell and Kay Francis as star-crossed lovers, directed by Tay Garnett and released by Warner Bros. The screenplay by Wilson Mizner and Joseph Jackson is based on a story by Robert Lord, who won the Academy Award for Best Story.
One Way Passage: Directed by Tay Garnett. With William Powell, Kay Francis, Aline MacMahon, Frank McHugh. 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.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Tay Garnett
- 1932-10-22
One Way Passage - (Original Trailer) An ocean voyage leads to romance for a dying heiress and a condemned criminal in One Way Passage (1932) starring Kay Francis and William Powell.
- Tay Garnett, Bob Fellows
- William Powell
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When Dan Hardesty (William Powell) meets Joan Ames (Kay Francis) in a Hong Kong bar, he doesn't let on that he's an escaped murderer, nor she that she's suffering from a fatal illness....
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- William Powell
- Tay Garnett
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An ocean voyage leads to romance for a dying heiress and a condemned criminal in One Way Passage (1932) starring Kay Francis and William Powell.
One-Way Passage was released to critical and commercial acclaim. Photoplay credited Kay’s performance as one of the “Best of the Month,” and wrote that the film was hands-down the best of the Francis-Powell pairings.
Suave Dan Hardesty, a convicted murderer, is apprehended by Steve Burke, a police detective, in Hong Kong and accompanied on the SS Maloa headed for San Francisco. On board, Dan romances Joan Ames, a terminally ill socialite.
