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).^[1]

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