Illegal Entry (film)
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| Directed by | Frederick De Cordova |
| Produced by | Jules Schermer |
| Screenplay by | Joel Malone |
| Story by | Ben Bengal Herbert Kline Dan Tyler Moore |
| Starring | Howard Duff Märta Torén George Brent |
| Music by | Milton Schwarzwald |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
| Edited by | Edward Curtiss |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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84 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Illegal Entry is a 1949 American film noir thriller directed by Frederick De Cordova, and starring Howard Duff, Märta Torén and George Brent.[1]
Plot summary
An undercover agent (Howard Duff) attacks a Mexican border smuggling operation.
Cast
- Howard Duff as Bert Powers
- Märta Torén as Anna Duvak O'Neill
- George Brent as Chief Agent Dan Collins
- Gar Moore as Lee Sloan
- Tom Tully as Nick Gruber
- Paul Stewart as Zack Richards
- Richard Rober as Dutch Lempo
- Joseph Vitale as Joe Bottsy
- James Nolan as Agent Benson
- Clifton Young as Billy Rafferty
- David Clarke as Carl
- Robert Osterloh as Agent Crowthers
- Anthony Caruso as Teague
- Donna Martell as Maria
Reception
Critical response
The New York Times film critic, Bosley Crowther, gave the film a mixed review, "A formidable introduction which features Attorney General Tom Clark and certain Immigration Bureau oficials who bespeak that service well does not camouflage Illegal Entry ... Howard Duff plays this hero in an acceptable rough-and-ready style and Marta Toren is attractive as the girl ... The backgrounds of southern California and Mexico are authentic enough. But the whole picture has the quality of a mechanical, oft-repeated show."[2]
References
- ↑ Illegal Entry at the American Film Institute Catalog.
- ↑ Crowther, Bosley. The New York Times, film review, June 11, 1949. Accessed: July 31, 2013.
