To the Ends of the Earth (1948)
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58% of users liked it
(112 ratings)
The relatively relaxed movie censorship in the postwar years enabled Columbia to produce To the Ends of the Earth, a film which dealt with the previously taboo subject of drug smuggling. T-man Dick Powell is sent to several foreign locales to track down an Opium ring. The villains are subversives… More The relatively relaxed movie censorship in the postwar years enabled Columbia to produce To the Ends of the Earth, a film which dealt with the previously taboo subject of drug smuggling. T-man Dick Powell is sent to several foreign locales to track down an Opium ring. The villains are subversives (Red? Fascist?) who plan to take over the world by hooking everyone on the "hard stuff." The film is chock full of mysterious European and Oriental types like Vladimir Sokoloff, Ludwig Donath and Fritz Leiber; even leading lady Signe Hasso speaks with an accent, which in 1948 was enough to immediately put her under suspicion. Lending credence to this sprawling adventure yarn is the presence of several actual treasury agents in bit parts, including commissioner Harry J. Anslinger. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Robert Stevenson
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Feb 27, 1948 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A top-notch adventure yarn that criss-crosses the globe in the mid-1930s.
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Cast
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Dick Powell
as Michael Barrows
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Signe Hasso
as Ann Grant
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Ludwig Donath
as Commissioner Lum Chi Chow
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Vladimir Sokoloff
as Nicholas Sokim
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Edgar Barrier
as Grieg
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John Hoyt
as Bennett
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Marcel Journet
as Commissioner Lariesier
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Luis Van Rooten
as Alberto Berado
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Fritz Leiber
as Vranstadter
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Vernon Steele
as Commissioner Hadley
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Peter Virgo
as Mahmoud
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Lou Krugman
as Commissioner Amar Hassam
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Eddie Lee
as Chian Soo
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Ivan Triesault
as Naftalie Vrandstadter
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Leonardo Scavino
as Hernando
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Peter Chong
as Joe
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George Volk
as Cassidy
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Robert Malcolm Young
as Clark
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Malia
as Shu Pan
