Forbidden Passage

{{short description|1941 film}} {{For|the book about censorship|Forbidden Passages}} {{use mdy dates|date=November 2014}} {{Infobox film | name = Forbidden Passage | image = Forbidden_Passage_film_Theatrical_release_poster_(1941).jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Fred Zinnemann | producer = | writer = Carl Dudley | starring = Addison Richards | music = | cinematography = Jackson Rose | editing = Albert Akst | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1941|2|8}} | runtime = 21 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = }}

'''''Forbidden Passage''''' is a 1941 American short crime film in the ''Crime Does Not Pay'' series. It was directed by Fred Zinnemann and was nominated for an Academy Award at the 14th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).<ref name="Oscars1942">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1942 |title=The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=2013-06-25 |work=oscars.org}}</ref>

==Plot== After a father uses illegal means to gain entry to the U.S. to rejoin his wife and daughter, the U.S. Immigration Service investigates.

==Cast== * Addison Richards as Frank J. Maxwell * Wolfgang Zilzer as Otto Kestler * Hugh Beaumont as Clements * George Lessey as American Consul in Lisbon

== Reception == ''Boxoffice'' wrote: "Fair dramatic offering."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=22 February 1941 |title=Forbidden Passage |volume=38 |issue=14 |pages=A31. |id={{ProQuest|1505868185}} |magazine=Boxoffice}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0033618|Forbidden Passage}} * {{TCMDb title|id=400699}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Forbidden Passage}} Category:1941 films Category:1941 crime films Category:1941 short films Category:American crime films Category:American short films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films directed by Fred Zinnemann Category:1941 English-language films Category:1941 American films Category:English-language short films Category:English-language crime films