''Forged Passport'' is a 1939 American

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

directed by

John H. Auer John H. Auer (August 3, 1906 in Budapest, Hungary – March 15, 1975 in North Hollywood, Los Angeles) was a Hungarian-born child actor who, on coming to the Americas in 1928, became a movie director and producer, initially in Mexico but, from th ...

and written by

Lee Loeb Lee Loeb (1910–1978) was an American screenwriter of film and television.Pollack p.668 He worked for several Hollywood studios including Columbia and Republic Pictures before going to work mainly in television production. Selected filmography ...

and Franklin Coen. The film stars Paul Kelly,

June Lang June Lang (born Winifred June Vlasek, May 5, 1917 – May 16, 2005) was an American film actress. Early life Born Winifred June Vlasek in Minneapolis, Minnesota, she was the daughter of Edith and Clarence Vlasek, After the family moved to Los An ...

, Lyle Talbot, Billy Gilbert,

Cliff Nazarro Clifford Nazarro (January 31, 1904 – February 18, 1961) was an American double-talk Double-talk is a form of speech in which inappropriate, invented, or nonsense words are interpolated into normal speech to give the appearance of knowledg ...

and Maurice Murphy. The film was released on April 24, 1939, by

Republic Pictures Republic Pictures Corporation (currently held under Melange Pictures, LLC) was an American motion picture production-distribution corporation in operation from 1935 to 1967, that was based in Los Angeles. It had studio facilities in Studio City an ...

Plot

Dan Frazer is a border Patrolman in the California-Mexico border with a hot temper, this indirectly leads to the death of a comrade. Dan decides to leave the force and go find his comrade's killer, who he believes is part of smuggler gang.

Cast

* Paul Kelly as Dan Frazer *

as Helene * Lyle Talbot as Jack Scott * Billy Gilbert as Nick Mendoza *

as 'Shakespeare' * Maurice Murphy as 'Kansas' Nelson * Christian Rub as Mr. Nelson * John Hamilton as Jack Rogers aka 'Lefty' * Dewey Robinson as Riley *Bruce MacFarlane as Buck *Ivan Miller as Capt. Ellis * Frank Puglia as Chief Miguel

References

External links

* 1939 films 1930s English-language films American action films 1930s action films Republic Pictures films Films directed by John H. Auer American black-and-white films Films scored by Paul Sawtell 1930s American films English-language action films {{action-film-stub