Illegal Entry (1949)

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

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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