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Strange Cargo (1936 film)

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Strange Cargo
Directed byLawrence Huntington
Written byGerald Elliott
Produced byLawrence Huntington
Starring
CinematographyEric Cross
Production
company
Distributed byParamount British Pictures
Release date
  • March 1936 (1936-03)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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.[1] 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 title—but nothing else—with the 1940 Clark Gable/Joan Crawford drama Strange Cargo.)

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Wood p.92

Bibliography

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  • 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, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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