Illegal Entry (film)
| Illegal Entry | |
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Black and white | |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $590,000[1] |
Illegal Entry is a 1949 American
Plot
An undercover agent (Howard Duff) attacks an illicit Mexican border immigrant 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."[3] The film was given a favorable review in other newspapers including one in the Rushville Republican (Indiana), published on September 27, 1949 [1]
References
- ^ "U's $1,470,000 Average Prod Cost Pared to 740G Per Pic in 49". Variety. 27 April 1949. p. 6.
- ^ Illegal Entry at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
- ^ Crowther, Bosley. The New York Times, film review, June 11, 1949. Accessed: July 31, 2013.
External links
- Illegal Entry at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Illegal Entry at IMDb
- Illegal Entry at AllMovie
- Illegal Entry at the TCM Movie Database
