Underplayed Gems

One Way Passage (1932)

One Way Passage poster
Directed by
Tay Garnett
Genre
drama film, romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 09m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 64 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man on a death sentence and a woman with a terminal illness meet on a cruise ship. They fall in love while hiding their own fates from each other.

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What happens

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. Pictures. The screenplay by Wilson Mizner and Joseph Jackson is based on a story by Robert Lord, who won the Academy Award for Best Story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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