One Way Passage
“Their tickets took them to a heaven of love...but port was the gateway to hell!”
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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Cast
22 people
William Powell
Dan Hardesty
Known for
The Thin Man
My Man Godfrey
Kay Francis
Joan Ames
Known for
Trouble in Paradise
In Name Only
Aline MacMahon
Countess Barilhaus
Known for
Gold Diggers of 1933
The Man from Laramie
Frank McHugh
Skippy
Known for
Going My Way
The Roaring Twenties
Warren Hymer
Sgt. Steve Burke
Known for
Destry Rides Again
You Only Live Once
Frederick Burton
The Doctor
Known for
The Big Trail
Theodora Goes Wild
Glen Cavender
French Bartender (uncredited)
Known for
The General
The New Janitor
Mike Donlin
Hong Kong Bartender (uncredited)
Known for
The General
Spite Marriage
Stanley Fields
Freighter Captain (uncredited)
Known for
Island of Lost Souls
Little Caesar
Willie Fung
Hong Kong Curio Dealer (uncredited)
Known for
The Letter
Red Dust
Al Ernest Garcia
Honolulu Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Known for
The Circus
City Lights
Douglas Gerrard
Sir Harold (uncredited)
Known for
Suspense.
Tay Garnett Director · Wilson Mizner Screenplay Joseph Jackson Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1.1M · Budget $350K · United States release October 13, 1932
Box office
Budget
$350,000
Worldwide gross
$1,108,000
Gross vs. budget
3.2×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
The Vitaphone Corporation
Production
United States
Produced in
S.S. Atlantic
Working title
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 4, 1932
Limited theatrical · London
United States · October 13, 1932
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
October 22, 1932 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
March 20, 1933 · Theatrical
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