Secret Cargo Explained

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

1. Bock & Bergfelder p.336
2. 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.