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Strange Cargo (1936 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Strange Cargo' is a 1936 British crime film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Kathleen Kelly, George Mozart and Moore Marriott. The film is notable for an early performance by George Sanders who went on to success in Hollywood. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios for release by Paramount Pictures.Wood p.92 It is also known by the alternative title 'Breakers Ahead'. Criminal gun runners smuggle illegal arms onto a British ship at a South American port. (The film shares a titlebut nothing elsewith the 1940 Clark Gable/Joan Crawford drama Strange Cargo.)
Cast
* Kathleen Kelly as Sonia
* George Mozart as 'Orace
* Moore Marriott as Captain Burch
* George Sanders as Roddy Burch
* Richard Norris as Travers
* Geoffrey Clarke as Rev. Twiddell
* Kenneth Warrington as Captain Mandera
* Julian Vedey as Customs Officer
* Adle as Herself
* Matt Davidson as Himself
* Harry Lane
* Conway Palmer
* Alvin Saxon as Himself and His Murray Club Band
References
Bibliography
*Chibnall, Steve. 'Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film'. British Film Institute, 2007.
*Low, Rachael. 'Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
*Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 19271939'. British Film Institute, 1986.
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