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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
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
- Romance
Dec 20, 2010 · The passage of time remains kind to One Way Passage, an Academy Award winner* for Best Original Story directed with style and sensitivity by Tay Garnett (The Postman Always Rings Twice). William Powell brings unmatchable urbane charm to the role of Dan.
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- WB
- $9.99
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Kay Francis and William Powell had won critical and audience favor in five films prior to One Way Passage, Street of Chance (1930) and Jewel Robbery (1932) among them. One Way passage turned out to be the final film the duo ever made, and undoubtedly their best.
Nov 8, 2011 · One Way Passage (1932) is a shipboard romance between equally doomed William Powell and Kay Francis that Frank McHugh never allows to get too sentimental.
