
Love Affair(1939)
A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.


“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.

William Powell
Dan Hardesty

Kay Francis
Joan Ames

Aline MacMahon
Countess Barilhaus

Frank McHugh
Skippy

Warren Hymer
Sgt. Steve Burke
Frederick Burton
The Doctor

Glen Cavender
French Bartender (uncredited)

Mike Donlin
Hong Kong Bartender (uncredited)

Stanley Fields
Freighter Captain (uncredited)

Willie Fung
Hong Kong Curio Dealer (uncredited)
One Way Passage is a romance, drama film released in 1932 exploring themes of ship, pre-code, sea voyage, dark secret, shipboard romance. Directed by Tay Garnett, it stars William Powell, Kay Francis, Aline MacMahon. 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.
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