Strange Cargo

Here’s quite an odd offering from 1940. Starring Clarke Gable and Joan Crawford it must have constituted quite a risky choice for both of them at the time. Both were at or near the heights of their careers. Gable had just completed Gone With The Wind. The movie has a strong religious tone and deals with a Christ-like figure called Cambreau (Ian Hunter) who helps and guides the other characters at various times of crisis. A heavy-handed allegory, but not without some curiosity value and well played by the leads.