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White Cargo is a 1942 American drama film starring Hedy Lamarr and Walter Pidgeon, and directed by Richard Thorpe. Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it is based on the 1923 London and Broadway hit play by Leon Gordon, which was in turn adapted from the 1912 novel Hell's Playground by Ida Vera Simonton. The play had already been made into a ...
White Cargo: Directed by Richard Thorpe. With Hedy Lamarr, Walter Pidgeon, Frank Morgan, Richard Carlson. The story takes place at a British plantation in Africa where Tondelayo entices all the Brits, especially Harry Witzel.
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- Adventure, Drama
- Richard Thorpe
- 1942-12-12
White Cargo Released Dec 12, 1942 1h 30m Drama List Reviews 19% Audience Score 100+ Ratings An English magistrate (Walter Pidgeon) warns a colonial newcomer (Richard Carlson) about a dark ...
- (10)
- Dennis Schwartz
- Drama
- Richard Thorpe
7/10. Showcases The Legendary Beauty of Hedy Lamarr! wndlz 11 December 2002. This film certainly was not one of the best films of 1942. However, I do believe it succeeds as purely escapist entertainment. Yes, the plot was silly, the script was poor, and the performances were mostly indifferent; but Hedy's entrance, with the line 'My name is ...
Film Review. O ne of the sillier jungle-based melodramas that were very much in vogue in the 1940s, White Cargo 's main appeal is the mouth-watering sight of screen beauty Hedy Lamarr frolicking about in cocoa butter and very little else. Playing fast and loose with the Hollywood censors, the film's screenwriters and director exploit Lamarr's ...
- Richard Thorpe
In Africa early in World War II, a British rubber plantation executive reminisces about his arrival in the Congo in 1910. He tells the story of a love-hate triangle involving Harry Witzel, an in-country station superintendent who'd seen it all, Langford, a new manager sent from England for a four-year stint, and Tondelayo, a siren of great beauty who desires silk and baubles. Witzel is gruff ...
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Film Movie Reviews White Cargo — 1942. White Cargo. 1942. 1h 28m. Approved. Adventure/Drama. Advertisement. Cast. Hedy Lamarr (Tondelayo) Walter Pidgeon (Harry Witzel) Frank Morgan (The Doctor ...
