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Passport to Alcatraz

Passport to Alcatraz

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 6, 1940

Runtime

1h 0m

Genres

Action, Adventure

User Score

60%

Original Title

Passport to Alcatraz

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures, Larry Darmour Productions

Director

Lewis D. Collins

Description

George Hollister, crack investigator for the NYC police, is assigned to run down the enemy aliens who dynamited a Detroit munitions plant. The trail takes him to a customs inspector who is known to have honored fake passports provided by Leon Fenten, chief henchman of Drexel Stuyvesant who heads the sabotage ring. Aided by his partner Ray Nolan. Hollister arrests an agent named Reed and takes his place using the fake passport. As Reed, he is met by Karol Roy, an innocent assistant, who takes him to Fenten. Working undercover, Hollister is still unable to learn the name of the head man, not even from dumb gang-member Hank Kircher. Stuyvesant warns Fenten of his suspicions about "Reed" and the latter gives Hollister an assignment as a test.