Illegal Entry (film)

Illegal Entry
Film poster
Directed by	Frederick De Cordova
Written by	Art Cohn (adaptation)
Screenplay by	Joel Malone
Based on	Ben Bengal Herbert Kline Dan Tyler Moore (as Kline Tyler Moore) (based on a story by)
Produced by	Jules Schermer
Starring	Howard Duff Märta Torén George Brent
Cinematography	William H. Daniels
Edited by	Edward Curtiss
Music by	Milton Schwarzwald
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	June 8, 1949 (1949-06-08) (Washington D.C.) [1]
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$590,000[2]

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

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

1. Illegal Entry at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
2. "U's $1,470,000 Average Prod Cost Pared to 740G Per Pic in 49". Variety. 27 April 1949. p. 6.
3. 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 the TCM Movie Database