External links
- Queer Cargo at IMDb
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| Queer Cargo | |
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| Directed by | Harold D. Schuster |
| Written by | |
| Based on | the play Queer Cargo by Noel Langley |
| Produced by | Walter C. Mycroft |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Otto Kanturek |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Associated British Film Distributors |
Release date | 6 August 1938 |
Running time | 61 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Queer Cargo is a 1938 British drama film directed by Harold D. Schuster and starring John Lodge, Judy Kelly and Kenneth Kent. [1] It was made at Elstree Studios. [2] It was based on a play of the same title by Noel Langley.
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