
One Way Passage(1932)
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.


“Remember "The Thin Man"? Well, here they are together again!”
A criminal lawyer's wife is blackmailed when she is falsely accused of infidelity.

William Powell
John Prentice

Myrna Loy
Evelyn Prentice

Una Merkel
Amy Drexel

Rosalind Russell
Mrs. Nancy Harrison

Isabel Jewell
Judith Wilson

Harvey Stephens
Lawrence Kennard

Edward Brophy
Eddie Delaney

Henry Wadsworth
Chester Wylie

Cora Sue Collins
Dorothy Prentice

Frank Conroy
District Attorney Farley
Evelyn Prentice is a drama, mystery, romance film released in 1934 exploring themes of blackmail, pre-code, criminal lawyer. Directed by William K. Howard, it stars William Powell, Myrna Loy, Una Merkel. A criminal lawyer's wife is blackmailed when she is falsely accused of infidelity.
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