Strange Cargo

Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.

Cast

Joan Crawford

as Julie

Clark Gable

as André Verne

Ian Hunter

as Cambreau

Peter Lorre

as M'sieu Pig

Paul Lukas

as Hessler

Albert Dekker

as Moll

J. Edward Bromberg

as Flaubert

Eduardo Ciannelli

as Telez

John Arledge

as Dufond

Frederick Worlock

as Grideau, the Prison Head

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