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Hell's Cargo

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Hell's Cargo
American release poster
Directed byHarold Huth
Written by
Produced byWalter C. Mycroft
Starring
CinematographyPhilip Tannura
Edited byLionel Tomlinson
Production
company
Distributed byAssociated British Film Distributors
Release date
  • 16 November 1939 (1939-11-16)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Hell's Cargo is a 1939 British adventure film directed by Harold Huth and starring Walter Rilla, Kim Peacock and Robert Newton.[1]

It was made at Elstree Studios.[2] The film is a remake of the 1938 French hit Alert in the Mediterranean. Kim Peacock reprised his role as a Royal Navy Commodore from the earlier film. On its release in the United States it was retitled as Dangerous Cargo at the request of the Hays Office.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ Wood p.100

Bibliography

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  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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