Strange Cargo

Strange Cargo (1940)

Genres - Action-Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance  |   Sub-Genres - Prison Film  |   Release Date - Mar 1, 1940  |   Run Time - 113 min.  |   Countries - United States of America  |   MPAA Rating - PG
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Strange Cargo is a 1940 American romantic drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Clark Gable and Joan Crawford in a story about a group of fugitive prisoners from a French penal colony. The adapted screenplay by Lawrence Hazard was based upon the 1936 novel, Not Too Narrow, Not Too Deep, by Richard Sale. The film was produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; it was the eighth and last film pairing of Crawford and Gable, and the first Gable picture released in the wake of Gone with the Wind. The supporting cast includes Ian Hunter, Paul Lukas, Eduardo Ciannelli, and Peter Lorre.

Movie Info

Budget

$1,252,000

Tags

Convict, Escape, New Guinea, Penal Colony

Alternate Titles

Aftoi pou xehasan ton Theo
GR
Almas Rebeldes
BR
De fordømtes flugt
DK
De vervloekte lading
BE
Die wunderbare Rettung
DE
Extraño cargamento
AR, MX, ES
Flykt
SE
Incarcatura stranie
RO
Kahleet murtuvat
FI
Különös rakomány
HU
L'isola del diavolo
IT
La isla del diablo
VE
Le cargo maudit
BE, FR
Mahkûmlar Gemisi
TR
Mennesker i drift
NO
Not Too Deep
, US
Not Too Narrow
, US
Not Too Narrow, Not Too Deep
US
Os Fugitivos da Guiana
PT
Strange Cargo
CA, GB, US
Странный груз
, RU