Desperate Cargo
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4 Jul 1941
Description
When two showgirls decide to leave South America and head for home, they sweet talk the purser of a clipper ship into giving them berths. In the course of the voyage, a band of thieves attempts to take over the ship and make off with its cash cargo. The heroic purser has other ideas and weighs in to save the day.
Classification
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Cast
- Ralph Byrd Tony Bronson
- Julie Duncan Ann Howard
- Carolyn Hughes Peggy Morton
- Jack Mulhall Jim Halsey
- Stanford Jolley 'Professor' Carter
- Kenneth Harlan Capt. Hank MacFarland
- Richard Clarke Henchman Ryan
- Johnstone White Madden, valet, henchman
- Paul Bryar Henchman Desser
- Thornton Edwards Manuelo
- Don Forrest Navigator Williams
- Loretta Russell Mrs. Pettingill, passenger
- Rick Vallin Radioman Stevens
- Harry Depp Crouse, small passenger
- Carol Hughes Peggy Morton
- I. Stanford Jolley Carter
- Don Brodie Anderson - Co-Pilot (uncredited)
- Lita Cortez Señorita Paquita (uncredited)
- Rod De Medici Minor Role (uncredited)
- Paul Ellis Henchman (uncredited)
- Elias Gamboa Cantina Patron (uncredited)
- Frank Hagney Butch - the Bouncer (uncredited)
- Jack Hendricks Henchman (uncredited)
- José Luis Pérez José - Hotel Bellboy (uncredited)
- José Luis Tortosa Minor Role (uncredited)
- Blanca Vischer Señorita Maria (uncredited)
Director
- William Beaudine
- Bert Sternbach
Screenwriter
- Morgan Cox
- John T. Coyle
- Eustace L. Adams
Director of Photography
- Jack Greenhalgh
Composer
- Whitey Jowett
- R. Dale Butts
- Corson Jowett
Producer
- John T. Coyle
- George R. Batcheller Jr.
- Bert Sternbach
- PRC
