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A Passport to Hell
Just prior to the outbreak of World War I, in the British West African town of Akkra, English woman Myra Carson becomes involved in a scandal and is deported. While Myra's ship is docked at Duala, in German West Africa, the war breaks out and she finds herself facing internment by the Germans.
- Original title
- A Passport to Hell
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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- Revenue
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CinemaSerf
Jun 13, 2022 · via TMDB
This provided quite a decent part for Elissa Landi as the modern-day temptress "Myra". She's got a bit of a past, and so is unceremoniously expelled from British West Africa to the adjacent German colony - all whilst the Great War is looming. She's not exactly welcomed by her new hosts either, but luckily she has attracted the attention of a young solider "Erich" (Alexander Kirkland), a ten day whirlwind romance ensues and before his father "Baron von Sydow" (Warner Oland) can intern her, they are wed. The war comes, and she becomes embroiled in a secret espionage plot involving a map and another soldier "Kurt" (Paul Lukas) leaving the young woman with an whole host of divided loyalties... What is probably most striking about this film is the sight of Oland, before his "Charlie Chan" days, looking positively unkempt. Otherwise it's a pretty routine wartime romance with a tiny bit of a sinister plot to sharpen it up a little, but way too much romance and a dawdling pace to drag it down. Donald Crisp pops up too...
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Elissa Landi
Myra Carson
Paul Lukas
Lt. Kurt Kurtoff
Warner Oland
Baron von Sydow, Police Commandant
Alexander Kirkland
Lt. Erich von Sydow
Donald Crisp
Sgt. Snyder
Earle Foxe
Purser
Yola d'Avril
Rosita (as Yola D'Avril)
Ivan F. Simpson
Simms
Wilhelm von Brincken
Officer
Bert Sprotte
Hotel Proprietor
Herman Bing
Barfly
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Frank Lloyd
Director
Bradley King
Writer
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Oct 9, 1932
