Desperate Cargo

DEATH STRIKES...a mile above the Caribbean...as air piracy terrorizes the new Spanish Main!

Duration: 67 min

Release date: 1941-07-04

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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.

Crime Drama Romance

Desperate Cargo

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as Tony Bronson

as Peggy Morton

I. Stanford Jolley

I. Stanford Jolley

as Capt. Hank MacFarland

as Ryan - Henchman

Johnstone White

Johnstone White

as Madden - Valet / Henchman

as Desser - Henchman

Thornton Edwards

Thornton Edwards

as Navigator Williams

Loretta Russell

Loretta Russell

as Mrs. Pettingill

as Stevens - Radioman

as Crouse - Small Male Passenger

as Anderson - Co-Pilot (uncredited)

as Señorita Paquita (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Henchman (uncredited)

as Cantina Patron (uncredited)

as Butch - the Bouncer (uncredited)

as Henchman (uncredited)

José Luis Pérez

José Luis Pérez

as José - Hotel Bellboy (uncredited)

José Luis Tortosa

José Luis Tortosa

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Señorita Maria (uncredited)

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William Beaudine

William Beaudine

Eustace L. Adams

Eustace L. Adams

Jack Greenhalgh

Jack Greenhalgh

Director of Photography

Guy V. Thayer Jr.

Guy V. Thayer Jr.

George R. Batcheller Jr.

George R. Batcheller Jr.

Executive In Charge Of Production

Production Manager

Assistant Director

Original Music Composer

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