Night Cargo Explained

Night Cargo
Director:Charles Hutchison
Producer:Sam Efrus
Starring:Lloyd Hughes
Julie Bishop
Walter Miller
Cinematography:Walter Lundin
Editing:Fred Bain
Studio:Peerless Pictures
Distributor:Marcy Pictures
Runtime:66 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Night Cargo is a 1936 American crime drama film directed by Charles Hutchison and starring Lloyd Hughes, Julie Bishop and Walter Miller.[1] It was the final film produced by the low-budget Peerless Pictures studio.[2]

Plot

In Singapore a young American Bruce Donaldson searches for his former fiancee, a showgirl who fled America when his wealthy family refused to consent to the marriage. Bruce gets brief employment with Shark Moran who owns a nearby plantation, unaware that Shark is in love with a dancer in a Singapore bar who is Bruce's old lover using an alias. Things are complicated when Shark is murdered and two smugglers muscle in.

Cast

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Notes and References

  1. Fetrow p.458
  2. Pitts p.269