---
title: 'Strange Cargo (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Frank Borzage'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 114
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/strange-cargo-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033105/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Strange Cargo (1940)

1940 · 114 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Strange Cargo is a 1940 American romantic drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Clark Gable and Joan Crawford in a story about a group of fugitive prisoners from a French penal colony. The adapted screenplay by Lawrence Hazard was based upon the 1936 novel Not Too Narrow, Not Too Deep by Richard Sale. The film was produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and was the eighth and final film pairing of Crawford and Gable, and the first Gable film released in the wake of Gone with the Wind. The supporting cast includes Ian Hunter, Paul Lukas, Eduardo Ciannelli and Peter Lorre.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Frank Borzage](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-borzage)
- **Screenplay:** [Anita Loos](https://cinepixo.com/people/anita-loos), [Lesser Samuels](https://cinepixo.com/people/lesser-samuels)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Franz Waxman](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-waxman)
- **Producer:** [Joseph L. Mankiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-l-mankiewicz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert H. Planck](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-h-planck)
- **Editor:** [Robert J. Kern](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-j-kern)

## Cast

- [J. Edward Bromberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-edward-bromberg)
- [Victor Varconi](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-varconi)
- [Frederick Worlock](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-worlock)
- [Paul Lukas](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-lukas)
- [Richard Cramer](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-cramer)
- [Ian Hunter](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-hunter)
- [Albert Dekker](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-dekker)
- [Peter Lorre](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-lorre)
- [Eduardo Ciannelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduardo-ciannelli)
- [Joan Crawford](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-crawford)
- [Clark Gable](https://cinepixo.com/people/clark-gable)
- [John Arledge](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-arledge)

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