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Strange Cargo (1940)

Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure. (source: imdb.com)

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Joan Crawford

Julie
Clark Gable

André Verne
Ian Hunter

Cambreau
Peter Lorre

M'sieu Pig
Paul Lukas

Hessler
Albert Dekker

Moll
J. Edward Bromberg

Flaubert
Eduardo Ciannelli

Telez
John Arledge

Dufond
Victor Varconi

Fisherman
Richard Alexander

Guard
Stanley Andrews

Constable
Betty Compson

Suzanne
Harry Cording

Guard
William Edmunds

Watchman
Paul Fix

Benet
Charles Judels

Renard
Mitchell Lewis

Guard
Francis McDonald

Moussenq, Convict
Jack Mulhall

Dunning
James Pierce

Guard
Dewey Robinson

Georges, a Guard
Harry Semels

Convict

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Snapshot

Release Date

1 March 1940

Budget

$1,000,000

Genre

Drama, Romance

Country

USA

Filming Locations

Laguna, California, USA

Language

Sound Mix

Color

Film Type

Film Class

Escape Film, Religious Drama

Themes

Message From God, Redemption, Escape From Prison, Crisis of Conscience

Tones

Poignant, Earnest, Reflective, Heartwarming, Austere

Wikipedia

Strange Cargo (1940) is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature film starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable in a story about a group of fugitive prisoners from a French penal colony. The screenplay by Lawrence Hazard was based upon the 1936 novel, Not Too Narrow, Not Too Deep, by Richard Sale. The film was directed by Frank Borzage and produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. The film is the eighth and last film pairing of Gable and Crawford.