Secret Cargo

1947 film

Yvan Noé
Alfred Rode

Produced byAlfred RodeStarring

Luis Mariano
Käthe von Nagy
Claudine Dupuis

CinematographyEnzo RiccioniMusic by

Joe Hajos
Alfred Rode

Production
company

Phoebus International

Distributed byLes Films Cristal

Release date

27 December 1947 (1947-12-27)

Running time

90 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

Secret Cargo (French: Cargaison clandestine) is a 1947 French drama film directed by Alfred Rode and starring Luis Mariano, Käthe von Nagy and Claudine Dupuis.^[1] ^[2] It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emile Alex.

Synopsis

In a shady Central American nightclub a travelling gypsy orchestra get unwittingly mixed up in the drug trafficking activities of its owners.

Cast

Luis Mariano as José
Käthe von Nagy as Luisa Heim
Claudine Dupuis as Mila
Jean-Jacques Delbo as Carlos Mendoza
Junie Astor as Mme Mendoza
Pierre Renoir as Le préfet de police
Alfred Rode as Ricardo Mendi
Paul Amiot as Le gouverneur
Michel Ardan
Lucas Gridoux as N'Goué, le restaurateur chinois
Jacqueline Ricard
J.J. Telbos
Jean Témerson

References

^ Bock & Bergfelder p.336
^ Berthomé & Naizet p.71

Bibliography

Berthomé, Jean-Pierre & Naizet, Gaël. Bretagne et cinéma: cent ans de création cinématographique en Bretagne. Cinémathèque de Bretagne, 1995.
Bock, Hans-Michael and Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books.