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Cast. Production. Reception. Box office. Awards and honors. Remake. Radio adaptations. References. External links. 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.
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
This film is a remake of the beautiful "One Way Passage" starring William Powell and Kay Francis. Some of the scenes and dialogue have been kept exactly, new scenes and characters have been added, and one relationship has changed in this version.
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Running time: 99 MIN. With: Merle Oberon George Brent Pat O'Brien Geraldine Fitzgerald Binnie Barnes Frank McHugh. This remake of One Way Passage still has plenty of sock left. The WB...
No wonder the film -- a remake of one of the most fondly remembered romances of the 1930s, One Way Passage (1932), which starred William Powell and Kay Francis as the lovers -- was one of Brent's favorites. Brent plays a criminal who's headed for the electric chair at San Quentin.
- Edmund Goulding, Chuck Hansen
- Merle Oberon
Nov 8, 2011 · Joan (Kay Francis) is very sick. Her specific ailment is never discussed but it's made clear that she's quite weak and death is imminent. Dan (William Powell) is a convicted murderer being escorted to the gallows by police Sergeant Steve Burke (Warren Hymer). This isn't giving anything away unless you're Joan or Dan.
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.
