Review: Strange Cargo DVD

Mar 122017
 

Strange Cargo is a charming adventure romance and epitomizes 1940s Hollywood with Clark Gable and Joan Crawford starring.

 

 

Strange Cargo
— Warner Archive Collection —
(1940)

Genre(s): Adventure, Romance, Drama
Warner Archive | NR – 113 min. – $17.99 | March 3, 2017

Date Published: 03/12/2017 | Author: The Movieman

 
MOVIE INFO:
Directed by: Frank Borzage
Writer(s): Richard Sale (novel “Not Too Narrow… Not Too Deep”); Lawrence Hazard (screenplay)
Cast: Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Ian Hunter, Peter Lorre
DISC INFO:
Features: Featurette, Short Film, Trailer
Digital Copy: No
Formats Included: DVD
Number of Discs: 1
Audio: English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
Video: Full Frame 1.33
Subtitles: None
Region(s): 1

 

PLOT SYNOPSIS
Through impenetrable jungles. Across perilous swamps. Desperate for a second chance at life, a band of Devil’s Island felons and a tough-as-nails prostitute struggle toward freedom. Film giants Clark Gable and Joan Crawford team for the eighth and last time in this gripping story that explores the lures of the flesh and the transcendence of the spirit. Fighting each other and the elements, the stars imbue this provocative adventure with audacity, power and passion.

 

SPECIAL FEATURES — 2.0/5
Features include Gable & Crawford (13:42) featurette, More About Nostradamus (10:54) short, The Lonesome Stranger (9:15) cartoon, and the Theatrical Trailer (2:32).

 

VIDEO — 3.5/5, AUDIO — 3.5/5
Strange Cargo is presented with a 1.33 full frame aspect ratio and the audio provided is a standard Dolby Digital Mono track.

OVERALL – 3.0/5

Overall, Strange Cargo is a charming adventure romance and epitomizes 1940s Hollywood with Clark Gable and Joan Crawford starring. The DVD released through Warner’s Archive MOD program offers good video and audio transfers and has a couple decent features.
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