Illegal Entry (film)

Illegal Entry

Theatrical release lobby card
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
Production
company
Universal International
Distributed by Universal International
Release dates
  • June 1, 1949 (1949-06-01) (United States)
Running time
84 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Illegal Entry is a 1949 American crime film noir directed by Frederick De Cordova starring Howard Duff, Märta Torén and George Brent.[1]

Plot summary

An undercover agent (Howard Duff) attacks a Mexican border smuggling operation.

Cast

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

  1. Illegal Entry at the American Film Institute Catalog.
  2. Crowther, Bosley. The New York Times, film review, June 11, 1949. Accessed: July 31, 2013.
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