Illegal Entry

Illegal Entry

True and Terrifically Told!

NR 1949 · 84 min · ★ 5.8 · Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Long before he became producer/director of The Tonight Show, Fred DeCordova helmed the Universal meller Illegal Entry. Howard Duff, who later worked with DeCordova on the TV series Mr. Adams and Eve, stars as Bert Powers, an undercover agent for the U.S. Department of Immigration. While attempting to bring a vicious gang of alien smugglers to justice, Powers falls in love with Anna Duvak (Marta Toren), a gang member who is Not What She Seems.

Directed by Frederick de Cordova · Written by Joel Malone

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