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To the Ends of the Earth (1948 film)
1948 film by Robert Stevenson
To the Ends of the Earth is a 1948 American film noirthriller film directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Dick Powell, Signe Hasso and Ludwig Donath.[2] It was released by Columbia Pictures.
Plot
In 1935, United States Narcotics Agent Michael Barrows (Powell) is assigned to find an unidentified freighter suspected of smuggling drugs. When he and the Coast Guard spot it along the California coast, they give chase.
Barrows watches helplessly through binoculars as the freighter captain has about a hundred chained slave laborers thrown overboard to drown.
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The ship escapes by passing beyond the 12-mile limit and entering international waters. Horrified by what he has seen, Barrows determines to smash the narcotics ring – traveling "to the ends of the Earth" if need be – without first clearing it with his boss, Commissioner H.
J. Anslinger (played by the real Harry J. Anslinger).
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