Strange Cargo | |
Director: | Arthur Gregor |
Producer: | Benjamin Glazer |
Starring: | Lee Patrick June Nash George Barraud |
Cinematography: | Arthur C. Miller |
Editing: | Jack Ogilvie Paul Weatherwax |
Studio: | Pathé Exchange |
Distributor: | Pathé Exchange |
Runtime: | 75 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Strange Cargo is a 1929 American mystery film directed by Arthur Gregor and starring Lee Patrick, June Nash and George Barraud. It was the first full sound film produced by Pathé Exchange, shortly afterwards to be merged into the major studio RKO Pictures. A separate silent version was also produced for theaters that had not yet been wired for sound.[1]
It was based on a play called The Missing Man, with the adaptation worked on by an uncredited Paul Bern.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward C. Jewell. It received a good critical reception following its Los Angeles premiere.[3]
On board a yacht sailing from India to Britain, the owner of the vessel is murdered by one of the passengers.