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| Director: | Fred Zinnemann | 
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| Writer: | Carl Dudley | 
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| This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short looks at the U.S. Department of Immigration's efforts to halt the smuggling of illegal aliens into the country. Desperate immigrants, tired of waiting for legal entry, pay exorbitant fees and risk a grisly death to enter by illegal means. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 08, 1941 | 
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| Director: | Fred Zinnemann | 
| Writer: | Carl Dudley | 
| Genres: | Drama, Crime | 
| Keywords | immigration, illegal immigration, people smuggling, smuggling (contraband), undocumented immigrant, crime does not pay | 
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: May 08, 2024 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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| Addison Richards | Frank J. Maxwell | 
| Wolfgang Zilzer | Otto Kestler | 
| Hugh Beaumont | Clements | 
| George Lessey | American Consul in Lisbon | 
| George Cleveland | Anna's Father (uncredited) | 
| William Edmunds | Illegal Alien Aboard Tugboat (uncredited) | 
| Name | Job | 
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| Fred Zinnemann | Director | 
| Richard Duce | Art Direction | 
| Carl Dudley | Screenplay, Original Story | 
| Jackson Rose | Director of Photography | 
| Albert Akst | Editor | 
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