Desperate Cargo
Desperate Cargo is a 1941 American film directed by William Beaudine and based on the 1937 Argosy magazine serial Loot Below by Eustace Lane Adams. The film stars Ralph Byrd and Carol Hughes. The supporting cast includes Julie Duncan and Jack Mulhall. N
Halsey is a passenger on the same TransCaribbean Airlines flight, flying to America to begin an assignment for his newspaper that will ultimately have him stationed in the Orient. Having some money left, Halsey fixes Tony up on a double date with two entertainers in a sister act, Ann Howard Julie Duncan and her partner, Peggy Morton Carol Hughes. The pair have only just been informed that their show in New York has been cancelled and are stranded in Puerto Nueva, without the fare to leave. Ann uses her feminine wiles to con Tony into arranging free passage for them on the Clipper. Nonetheless, Tony falls in love with Ann, and Jim proposes to Peggy.Among the other passengers are Madden Johnstone White, Ryan Richard Clarke, Desser Paul Bryar and Professor Carter I. Stanford Jolley, their ringleader and a former pilot who flew Clippers for the airline. Their plan is to hijack the aircraft in midair, rob the passengers and steal a shipment of 500,000 in the safe on board. Carter will then land in a remote area of the Caribbean Sea where the gang and their loot will be picked up. ........
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