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Movie · 1941

Forbidden Passage

“Another thrilling CRIME DOES NOT PAY Subject”

Released 8 February 1941 21 min Crime / Drama More from 1941 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

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.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
George Lessey
as American Consul in Lisbon
65
William Edmunds
as Illegal Alien Aboard Tugboat (uncredited)
56
George Cleveland
as Anna's Father (uncredited)
55
Wolfgang Zilzer
as Otto Kestler
40
Addison Richards
as Frank J. Maxwell
38
Hugh Beaumont
as Clements
31
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
34years between the oldest and youngest billed
65George Lessey — oldest on the call sheet
31Hugh Beaumont — youngest billed
48average age of the credited cast
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