1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed restricting the flow of immigrants. Almost every character in this movie is a recent arrival. Tisa has been in America only four months, yet she is holding four jobs to save enough money to pay for her father's boat passage to America. She works in a garment factory in Greenwich Village owned by Mr. Grumbach, who is studying to pass his citizenship test. Denek, a brash young man, tries to help her but gets her into trouble and her deportation is ordered by an immigration judge.
Cast
Lilli Palmer
Tisa Kepes
Sam Wanamaker
Mark Denek
Akim Tamiroff
Mr. Grumbach
Alan Hale
Dugan
Stella Adler
Mrs. Faludi
Hugo Haas
Tescu
Gale Robbins
Jenny Kepes
Benny Baker
Herman
Sumner Getchell
Georgie
Sid Tomack
BinkaBinka
John Qualen
Svenson
Tom Dillon
Riley
Sidney Blackmer
Theodore Roosevelt
Fritz Feld
Prof. Tabor
John Banner
Otto
Max Barwyn
Boarder
Hobart Cavanaugh
Sigmund
Martin Berliner
Felix (uncredited)
Gabriel Canzona
Organ Grinder (uncredited)
Doria Caron
Hilde (uncredited)
Freddie Chapman
Child at Picnic (uncredited)
Edward Clark
Unknown
Edgar Dearing
Jailer (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
Unknown
Olga Fabian
Unknown
James Flavin
Guard (uncredited)
Maxine Gates
Mrs. O'Hoolihan
Ian MacDonald
Guard (uncredited)
Charles Middleton
Unknown
Frances Morris
Unknown
Jack Mower
Postman (uncredited)
David Newell
Unknown
Elliott Nugent
Unknown
Garry Owen
Unknown
Ralph Peters
Customer (uncredited)
Harry Shannon
Unknown
Ivan F. Simpson
Unknown
Friedrich von Ledebur
Igor (uncredited)
Oliver Crawford
Henchman (uncredited)
Crew
Elliott Nugent
Director
Allen Boretz
Writer
Sara B. Smith
Novel
Lucille S. Prumbs
Novel
Christian Nyby
Editor
Ernest Haller
Director of Photography
Milton Sperling
Producer
Leah Rhodes
Costume Design
Marcia Masa
Hairstylist
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
Eddie Voight
Makeup Artist
Oliver S. Garretson
Sound
Max Steiner
Music
Fred M. MacLean
Set Decoration
Pat Clark
Still Photographer
Stanley Young
Grip
Chuck Hansen
Production Manager
Robert M. Haas
Art Direction