Desperate Cargo (1941)
DEATH STRIKES...a mile above the Caribbean...as air piracy terrorizes the new Spanish Main!
When two showgirls decide to leave South America and head for home, they sweet talk the purser of a clipper ship into giving them berths. In the course of the voyage, a band of thieves attempts to take over the ship and make off with its cash cargo. The heroic purser has other ideas and weighs in to save the day.
- Date of release
- 1941-07-04
- TMDB
- 4.0 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 7m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Director
- William Beaudine
Casting
- Ralph Byrd — Tony Bronson
- Carol Hughes — Peggy Morton
- Jack Mulhall — Jim Halsey
- Julie Duncan — Ann Howard
- I. Stanford Jolley — Carter
- Kenneth Harlan — Capt. Hank MacFarland
- Richard Clarke — Ryan - Henchman
- Johnstone White — Madden - Valet / Henchman
- Paul Bryar — Desser - Henchman
- Thornton Edwards — Manuelo
- Don Forrest — Navigator Williams
- Loretta Russell — Mrs. Pettingill
Interesting facts
Desperate Cargo is a 1941 American crime drama film directed by William Beaudine and starring Ralph Byrd, Carol Hughes, Julie Duncan and Jack Mulhall. It was made by the low-budget independent Producers Releasing Corporation. It is based on the 1937 Argosy magazine serial Loot Below by Eustace Lane Adams.
Production
Principal photography for the film, with a working title of Dangerous Cargo, took place from mid to late May 1941. Although the film is set aboard a Boeing 314 Clipper, nearly all of the shots are interior views filmed on a soundstage.
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