Forbidden Passage

  • Crime
  • Drama
2/8/1941
21
NR

Another thrilling CRIME DOES NOT PAY Subject

This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short looks at the U.S. Department of Immigration's efforts to halt the smuggling of illegal aliens into the country. Desperate immigrants, tired of waiting for legal entry, pay exorbitant fees and risk a grisly death to enter by illegal means.

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  • Geronimo1967

    This is maybe one of the more harrowing of these Crime Does Not Pay short features as it rather graphically displays both the desperation and frustration of those trying to get into the USA and the ruthlessness of the people smugglers who charge them $2,000 each to, hopefully, achieve their goal. Its when a body weighed down with chains is discovered in Florida that the immigration service decides to investigate one such ring of criminals that operates out of Portugal via Belize - but it is a well covered track and these folks take no chances. If they think they are at risk of being caught, then its the bilge hatches for the refugees and they just keep their cash. It serves as a sort of public information film that appears to suggest to ups...

    July 11, 2025

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