Night Cargo

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Night Cargo
Directed byCharles Hutchison
Written bySherman L. Lowe
Produced bySam Efrus
StarringLloyd Hughes
Julie Bishop
Walter Miller
CinematographyWalter Lundin
Edited byFred Bain
Production
company
Peerless Pictures
Distributed byMarcy Pictures
Release date
January 7, 1936
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

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

Bibliography[edit]

  • Fetrow, Alan G. . Sound films, 1927-1939: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1992.
  • Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.

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