Hell's Cargo (1939)
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Synopsis of Hell's Cargo
Filmed in 1935, the British Hell's Cargo finally received a US release in 1939, capitalizing on the recent outbreak of war in Europe. Most of the story takes place on a cargo ship, slowly inching its way through treacherous waters with a cargo consisting of a top-secret poison gas. When the ship's intoxicated doctor reveals the nature of the cargo to a good-time girl in a foreign port, chaos ensues, culminating in the death of the treacherous doctor at the hands of the ship's three commanding officers: Englishman Falcon (Kim Peacock), Frenchman Lestallieur (Walter Rilla), and Russian Tomasov (Robert Newton). The question: if a murder is committed in to maintain the Peace of the World, can it truly be considered murder? Hell's Cargo was based on a story by French writer/director Leo Joannon, whose later seafaring efforts included Laurel & Hardy's Atoll K (1951). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Hell's Cargo
- Walter Rilia - Commandant Lestailleur
- Robert Newton - Commander Tomasoy
- Geoffrey Atkins - Pierre Lestailleur
- Martin Walker - Dr. Laurence
- Henry Morrell - Father Blanc
- Ronald Adam - Capt. Dukes
- Kim Peacock - Commander Falcon
- Penelope Dudley-Ward - Annette Lestailleur
- Charles Victor - Mr. Martin
- Henry Oscar - Liner Captain
- Louise Hampton - A. R. P. Warden
- Director(s):
- Harold Huth
- Writer(s):
- Dudley Leslie
- Producer(s):
- Walter Mycroft
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