This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short looks at the U.S. Department of Immigration's efforts to halt the smuggling of illegal aliens into the country. Desperate immigrants, tired of waiting for legal entry, pay exorbitant fees and risk a grisly death to enter by illegal means.

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Cast

Addison Richards

Frank J. Maxwell

Wolfgang Zilzer

Otto Kestler

Hugh Beaumont

Clements

George Lessey

American Consul in Lisbon

George Cleveland

Anna's Father (uncredited)

William Edmunds

Illegal Alien Aboard Tugboat (uncredited)