One Way Passage
“Their tickets took them to a heaven of love...but port was the gateway to hell!”
A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.
Genres
Romance, Drama
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How One Way Passage performed
Budget
$350,000
Worldwide Gross
$1.1M
Gross Profit
$758,000
Return
3.2× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$170K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Romance) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Dan Hardesty
William Powell
Dan Hardesty
Joan Ames
Kay Francis
Joan Ames
Countess Barilhaus
Aline MacMahon
Countess Barilhaus
Skippy
Frank McHugh
Skippy
Sgt. Steve Burke
Warren Hymer
Sgt. Steve Burke
The Doctor
Frederick Burton
The Doctor
French Bartender (uncredited)
Glen Cavender
French Bartender (uncredited)
Hong Kong Bartender (uncredited)
Mike Donlin
Hong Kong Bartender (uncredited)
Freighter Captain (uncredited)
Stanley Fields
Freighter Captain (uncredited)
Hong Kong Curio Dealer (uncredited)
Willie Fung
Hong Kong Curio Dealer (uncredited)
Honolulu Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Al Ernest Garcia
Honolulu Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Sir Harold (uncredited)
Douglas Gerrard
Sir Harold (uncredited)
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