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Country. United States. Language. English. Budget. $1.25 million [3] Box office. $1.9 million [3] Strange Cargo is a 1940 American romantic drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Clark Gable and Joan Crawford in a story about a group of fugitive prisoners from a French penal colony.
Strange Cargo: Directed by Frank Borzage. With Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Ian Hunter, Peter Lorre. Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure (Ian Hunter).
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- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Frank Borzage
- 1940-03-01
Strange Cargo (1940) is best known today as the eighth and final film co-starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable. It is also a haunting and unusual film, controversial in its day, and considered by many critics to be the best expression of the metaphysical themes in the work of director Frank Borzage.
- Frank Borzage, Lew Borzage
- Joan Crawford
In a French Guiana penal colony, an escape attempt by hardened criminal Verne (Clark Gable) is thwarted by jaded prostitute Julie (Joan Crawford). Undaunted, Verne blackmails brutal killer Moll...
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- Joan Crawford
- Frank Borzage
- Adventure
Country. United States. Language. English. Budget. $1.25 million [3] Box office. $1.9 million [3] Strange Cargo is a 1940 American romantic drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Clark Gable and Joan Crawford in a story about a group of fugitive prisoners from a French penal colony.
Sep 10, 2012 · Strange Cargo 1940, directed by Frank Borzage | Film review. Film. Time Out says. Ace melodramatist Borzage always injected his tales of romance and hardship with more than a touch of...
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Summaries. Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure (Ian Hunter). Verne (Clark Gable) wants nothing more than to escape from a penal colony located off the northern coast of South America. He tries to involve Julie (Joan Crawford), a saloon girl, in his plans but she turns him in to the ...