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Reviewed by Steve D 6 / 10

A bit too religious and predictable but still

A bit too religious and predictable but still entertaining.

Reviewed by Matthew B 9 / 10

One thing that I miss about the early

One thing that I miss about the early decades of cinema was the willingness of film companies to take greater risks with mainstream productions. An occasional quirky or eccentric movie somehow made it onto our screens, and it is hard to see how they ever got made in the first place. Strange Cargo is a movie that is as strange as its cargo, and yet it had the star power of Clark Gable and Joan Crawford, and a respectable supporting cast that included Ian Hunter, Peter Lorre, Paul Lukas and Albert Dekker. The film even made a modest profit of $21,000. This was no B-movie or independent production. Yet nowadays the film is sadly overlooked, perhaps because its subject matter is just a little too offbeat. Picture this. Here is a film in which the cast are played by actors from America, Britain, Austria and Hungary, and yet all the characters are French. They say ‘Monsieur', and talk about Paris and Versailles whilst delivering their lines in English. It was not unusual for 1940s movies to have foreign characters speaking in English, but perhaps I should add a few more unusual details. Most of the characters are convicts on a penal colony on Devil's Island (in French Guiana), and the film follows their attempts to escape from their prison. Oh, and I forgot to mention that they are accompanied by a stranger who may or may not be Jesus. Cambreau is the provider, rescuer and seer. He is tireless and does not experience the hunger and thirst of the others. When the boat sets sail, it is Cambreau who knows in advance that the wind will drop, and that men will die before the boat reaches land. Cambreau also has a healing effect on the hardened criminals around him. This is not a physical healing effect, but a moral one. Before they die, Cambreau is able to steer many of the convicts towards redemption. In this symbolic film Hessler is the Devil figure, and he is occasionally called so by Telez. This is shown in the lighting of the film. Cambreau is filmed in a clear bright light that illuminates him, but Hessler is framed in a darker light with more shadow. Perhaps the reason the film appeals to sceptics such as myself is that it looks for a god inside people. The god of the film is not actually an external agency, but the good that we can find within ourselves. It is something beyond a wooden cross or prayer or words in a book. It is about finding that quintessential part of our own selves that is worth saving. I wrote a longer appreciation of Strange Cargo on my blog page if you would like to read more: https://themoviescreenscene.wordpress.com/2018/09/22/strange-cargo-1940/

Reviewed by David S 9 / 10

Trust me if people could- they would ask

Trust me if people could- they would ask me why I've liked this film so much over the last 5 years - I mean why subject us to this constantly over and over again? If you don't know by know - then I'm not going to tell you????

Strange Cargo

1940

Adventure / Drama / Romance

Strange Cargo

1940

Adventure / Drama / Romance

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A bit too religious and predictable but still

One thing that I miss about the early

Trust me if people could- they would ask

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