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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.
- $1,108,000
- Music and lyrics, "If I Had My Way":, James Kendis, Lou Klein
- $350,000
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.
- (4.2K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Tay Garnett
- 1932-10-22
Synopsis. In a Hong Kong bar, Joan Ames and Dan Hardesty literally bump into each other, and fall in love at first sight. Joan goes back to her friends, and without taking his eyes off her, Dan leaves the bar. Outside he is arrested by Steve Burke, a policeman who has been hunting him since he escaped from San Quentin, where he was imprisoned ...
- 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. After Dan is...
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- William Powell
- Tay Garnett
- Romance
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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. With a box office gross of $1,108,000, One Way Passage shot Kay up to the top of the Warner Brothers charts.
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.
