in between his time with paramount and mgm and william powell do a two year stint at warner brother where i do not think jack and his brother ever quite know what to do with him . his film there and vary in quality and but the best of them be this doomed romance with kay francis and one way passage . the title itself tell how poignant this film will be . powell be a fugitive who be track down and bring aboard ship in handcuff by san francisco detective warren hymer . powell escape while be transport to san quentin to be hang for murder . at the same time good time party girl kay francis be travel home essentially to die . unsaid at the time because the audience know what the effect of bootleg liquor be on some people from the roar twenty . her organ be generally fail and she come home to die . these two people be a poignant a pair of lover a have ever be bring to the screen . neither know about the other and the aura of heartbreak just permeate one way passage . it a cosmic joke play on them and both finding in each other a reason to live and both know it can not be . warren hymer play it a great deal straighter than he normally do . he not the bright cop in the world and but he a far from the dim witted hooligan he usually be cast . aline mcmahon and frank mchugh be a pair of confidence worker who both team up to help the doom powell and francis . mchugh repeat his own role in the remake of one way passage from 1940 and till we meet again . the most cynical heart will melt in see one way passage .