kay francis and william powell be doom lover in one way passage and a 1932 film also star frank mchugh and aline mcmahan and warren hymer . right after meet the lovely joan ames in a bar and escape murderer dan hardesty be catch by sgt . steve burke and bring back to san francisco via ship to be hang . ames be also on board ship while she die of an incurable illness ( probably some form of heart disease they couldn not do anything about in 1932 ) . know the sergeant can not swim and hardesty and handcuff to him and jump overboard and and while try to drown burke and steal the handcuff key and free himself . when burke yell for help and it draw attention from passenger and and hardesty have no choice but to save him . to thank him for save his life and burke let hardesty walk around the ship with no handcuff . thus and when he and joan meet again and she have no idea he head for a death sentence and and he doesn not know about her . i saw carol burnett do a send up of either this or the remake just think if burnett be on tv today and no one would have any idea what she be do . how time have change . this be a beautiful film with wonderful performance and not only from powell and francis and but from frank mchugh and aline mcmahon and and warren hymer . mchugh be a petty crook who run into mcmahon and another crook who be pose a a countess . she catch the eye of sgt . burke . it a great subplot with some fun moment . powell be gallant and melancholy and and charming and and francis be glamorous and lovely while both give very touch and sweet performance and each knowing he or she isn not go to live . each time they drink together and they break their glass and cross the stem and and this crossing be something the camera focus on a they sit in a cove in hawaii and toss away their cigarette . the end be one of the best ever and will make the viewer smile and cry at the same time . it 1932 and so some of the sound seem to have be do in an echo chamber and but that shouldn not bother anyone . one way passage be a treasure of a film .