Strange Cargo
Desperate for a second chance at life, a band of Devil's Island felons and a tough-as-nails prostitute struggle toward freedom.
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DVD-R Details
- ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - - 1.37:1
- Run Time: 1 hours, 53 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: February 28, 2017
- Originally Released: 1940
- Label: Warner Archive Collection (MOD)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Clark Gable & Joan Crawford | |
Performer: | Ian Hunter, Peter Lorre, Paul Lukas, Akim Tamiroff, Albert Dekker, J. Edward Bromberg, Eduardo Ciannelli, Bernard Nedell & Frederick Worlock | |
Directed by | Frank Borzage | |
Edited by | Robert J. Kern | |
Screenplay by | Lawrence Hazard | |
Original story by | Richard Sale | |
Composition by | Franz Waxman | |
Art Direction by | Cedric Gibbons | |
Produced by | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | |
Director of Photography: | Robert H. Planck |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 5/5 --
Weird, but brilliantly done, allegorical drama.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Rating: B- --
This enjoyable adventure is a good star vehicle for Cark Gable, then at the height of his popularity, and Joan Crawford.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
Despite the pious pitfalls it sets for itself, it's a strikingly open film
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CinePassion
Rating: C+ --
Embarrassingly flavorful as a Hollywood religious delicacy.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 2.5/4 --
MGM megastars Clark Gable and Joan Crawford headline Strange Cargo, a humid prison break movie that turns into a bald-faced religious allegory.
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Slant Magazine
Rating: 5/5 --
Brilliant allegory.
Movie Mom
Rating: 7/10 --
...a rather talky adventure, but fascinating to say the least, with plenty of local color and offbeat characters.
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Movie Metropolis
Description by OLDIES.com:
Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 33,233
- UPC: 888574474973
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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