| One Way Ticket | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Herbert J. Biberman |
| Written by | Joseph Anthony Oliver H. P. Garrett Grover Jones Vincent Lawrence (screenplay) Ethel Turner (novel) |
| Starring | Lloyd Nolan Peggy Conklin Walter Connolly |
| Cinematography | Henry Freulich |
| Edited by | John Rawlins |
| Production company | Columbia Pictures |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
One Way Ticket is a 1935 American crime film directed by Herbert Biberman starring Lloyd Nolan, Peggy Conklin and Walter Connolly. The film is based on the 1934 novel One-Way Ticket by Ethel Turner.
It was the directorial debut of Biberman, a playwright and theatre director of Marxist political leanings; following some theatrical success in New York, he signed a two-picture deal with Columbia in 1934, and it was followed by Meet Nero Wolfe in 1936.
Plot
A man becomes a robber following the authorities' failure to convict a corrupt banker.
Cast
- Lloyd Nolan as Jerry
- Peggy Conklin as Ronnie
- Walter Connolly as Captain Bill Bourne
- Edith Fellows as Ellen
- Gloria Shea as Willa
- Nana Bryant as Mrs. Bourne
- Thurston Hall as Mr. Ritchie
- George McKay as Martin
- Robert Middlemass as Bender
- Willie Fung as Wing
- Jack Rube Clifford as Charlie
- James Flavin as Ed
Critical reception
Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a mildly good review, judging it to be well acted and describing it as "criticiz as well as thrill". Greene drew particular attention to the prison break scene as the film's "one excellent sequence".
References
- "Life in Prison: ONE-WAY TICKET by Ethel Turner". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ Dick, Bernard F. (11 July 2014). Radical Innocence: A Critical Study of the Hollywood Ten. p. 72. ISBN 9780813147710.
- Greene, Graham (10 April 1936). "Liebesmelodie/Pot Luck/If You Could Only Cook/One Way Ticket". The Spectator. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. p. 65. ISBN 0192812866.)
External links
- One Way Ticket at IMDb
- One Way Ticket at AllMovie
- One Way Ticket at the TCM Movie Database
- One Way Ticket at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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