Underplayed Gems

Illegal Entry (1949)

Illegal Entry poster
Directed by
Fred de Cordova
Genre
film noir, action film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A federal agent goes undercover to break up a ring that smuggles people into the United States illegally. He must balance his mission with the dangerous criminals he infiltrates and a woman caught in the middle.

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What happens

Illegal Entry is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Frederick De Cordova and starring Howard Duff, Märta Torén and George Brent. The film and its treatment of illegal entry and unlawful residence in the United States is introduced by Watson B. Miller, the commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service under President Harry S. Truman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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