Strange Cargo
“M-G-M's Mighty Thrill-Romance for 1940 !”
Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.
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Cast
37 people
Joan Crawford
Julie
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Johnny Guitar
Clark Gable
André Verne
Known for
Gone with the Wind
It Happened One Night
Ian Hunter
Cambreau
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Peter Lorre
M'sieu Pig
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M
Casablanca
Paul Lukas
Hessler
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The Lady Vanishes
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Albert Dekker
Moll
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Kiss Me Deadly
The Wild Bunch
J. Edward Bromberg
Flaubert
Known for
The Mark of Zorro
Son of Dracula
Eduardo Ciannelli
Telez
Known for
Boot Hill
Foreign Correspondent
John Arledge
Dufond
Known for
The Grapes of Wrath
Frederick Worlock
Grideau, the Prison Head
Known for
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Dressed to Kill
Bernard Nedell
Marfeu
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Monsieur Verdoux
Victor Varconi
Fisherman
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
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Frank Borzage Director · Lawrence Hazard Screenplay George Oppenheimer Writer
Worldwide gross $1.9M · Budget $1.3M · United States release March 1, 1940
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Budget
$1,252,000
Worldwide gross
$1,924,000
Gross vs. budget
1.5×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 1, 1940
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