Night Cargo is a 1936 American crime drama film directed by Charles Hutchison and starring Lloyd Hughes, Julie Bishop and Walter Miller.[1] It was the final film produced by the low-budget Peerless Pictures studio.[2]

Night Cargo
Directed byCharles Hutchison
Written bySherman L. Lowe
Produced bySam Efrus
StarringLloyd Hughes
Julie Bishop
Walter Miller
CinematographyWalter Lundin
Edited byFred Bain
Production
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Peerless Pictures
Distributed byMarcy Pictures
Release date
  • January 7, 1936 (1936-01-07)
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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In Singapore a young American Bruce Donaldson searches for his former fiancee, a showgirl who fled America when his wealthy family refused to consent to the marriage. Bruce gets brief employment with Shark Moran who owns a nearby plantation, unaware that Shark is in love with a dancer in a Singapore bar who is Bruce's old lover using an alias. Things are complicated when Shark is murdered and two smugglers muscle in.

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References

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  1. ^ Fetrow p.458
  2. ^ Pitts p.269

Bibliography

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  • Fetrow, Alan G. . Sound films, 1927-1939: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1992.
  • Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.
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