Sealed Cargo (1951)
Cargo that blasts the sea wide open!
A Newfoundland fishingboat comes to the aid of a wrecked Danish sailing ship and tows it to a small village, but eventually the captain of the fishingboat realises that it's a U-boat supply ship in disguise, loaded with torpedoes. So, together with his crew and a group of villagers he sets about a plan to blow the ship as well as any U-boats that approach it. Based on the novel "The Gaunt Woman" by Edmund Gilligan.
- Date of release
- 1951-05-19
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (23)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Director
- Alfred L. Werker
Casting
- Dana Andrews — Pat Bannon
- Carla Balenda — Margaret McLean
- Claude Rains — Capt. Henrik Skalder
- Philip Dorn — Konrad
- Onslow Stevens — Cmdr. James McLean
- Skip Homeier — Steve
- Eric Feldary — Holger
- J.M. Kerrigan — Skipper Ben
- Arthur Shields — Kevin Dolan
- Morgan Farley — Caleb
- Whit Bissell — Schuster
- Steve Forrest — Holtz
Interesting facts
Sealed Cargo is a 1951 RKO Pictures American war film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Dana Andrews, Claude Rains, Carla Balenda and Philip Dorn. Andrews' younger brother Steve Forrest also appears in one of his earliest screen roles. The film is based on the novel The Gaunt Woman by Edmund Gilligan.
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