To the Ends of the Earth DVD (Region 1 - Playable in North America - the US, Canada, Mexico, etc.) 1948. Black & White. Starring: Dick Powell, Signe Hasso, Maylia, Ludwig Donath, Edgar Barrier, John Hoyt, Fritz Leiber, Vladimir Sokoloff. Written by Jay Richard Kennedy and Richard Buchman. Directed by Robert Stevenson. Narcotics agent Commissioner Michael Barrows (Dick Powell) tracks a group of opium kingpins from Shanghai to Cuba to the New Jersey coast and every hometown corner of the U.S. in this thrilling classic, sanctioned by the Treasury Department and $2 million dollars in the making. In 1948, that meant no expense spared to capture the far-flung reaches of the international drug trade. An engrossing, globetrotting semi-documentary that delivers the goods. This is one you will not soon forget! "This is necessarily a story of violence, intrigue...and death. If portions of it shock you, remember it is based on actual incidents from hitherto secret files of the U.S. Treasury and its Bureaus of Narcotics, Customs and Coast Guard." Review: "Michael Barrows (Dick Powell) goes on the trail of an opium smuggling gang. There are some big players involved in the chain and we follow Barrows through various countries including Shanghai, Egypt, Beirut and Cuba before he sets sail for New York. It is at the end of this journey that we have a surprise twist in the story and a spectacularly evil villain is revealed - one of my favourite moments."
