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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.
- (4.4K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Tay Garnett
- 1932-10-22
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.
Dec 20, 2010 · William Powell brings unmatchable urbane charm to the role of Dan. As Joan, Kay Francis displays the lustrous sincerity that made her one of the era's favorites. Their passage may be one-way. But you'll find it's a voyage worth repeating.
- (143)
- WB
- $9.99
- DVD
Jan 13, 2019 · One Way Passage is a tragedy in the classic mold– inescapable, but right. It’s one of the classiest, most uplifting films to come out of the early talkies, and, to me, personally, simply one of the great pleasures of life.
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Greeted at the train station by photographers and fanfare, a 24-year-old Kay Francis was hyped up by Paramount’s publicity department as a possible fashion rival to Constance Bennett and Lilyan Tashman.
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.
