White Cargo (1937 film)

Cargaison blanche, or Le Chemin de Rio
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Directed by	Robert Siodmak
Produced by	Seymour Nebenzal
Written by	Henri Jeanson Herbert Juttke Jean Masson
Starring	Käthe von Nagy Jean-Pierre Aumont Jules Berry Suzy Prim
Music by	Paul Dessau
Cinematography	René Gaveau
Edited by	Marguerite Beaugé Marguerite Renoir
Production company	Production Nero Film
Distributed by	Sfera Film
Release dates	4 February 1937
Running time	100 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Cargaison blanche or Le Chemin de Rio (English literal translation: White Cargo or The Road To Rio) is a 1937 French crime film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Käthe von Nagy, Jules Berry and Suzy Prim. in which two journalists go on the trail of gangsters who are kidnapping women to sell in South America. The film was made by Nero Film, with sets designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand.

It was released in the United States in 1950 by Distinguished Films Inc. as French White Cargo, and reissued there in 1952 by Joseph Brenner as Woman Racket. Some sources claim it may also have been known in the USA as Traffic in Souls.

Main cast

• Jean-Pierre Aumont as Henri Voisin
• Käthe von Nagy as Marion Baker
• Jules Berry as Moreno
• Suzy Prim as Estella
• Marcel Dalio as Pedro Férez
• Charles Granval as Blanco
• Gisèle Préville as Béatrice
• Marcelle Praince as Juana, the Madame
• Gaston Modot as Álvarez, her agent
• Mady Berry as Madame Blanco
• Georges Jamin as Henchman Manuel
• Abel Jacquin as Henchman Constantin
• Max Maxudian as Le commandant
• Sylvia Bataille as Yvette Martin
• Annie France as Une girl

Bibliography

• Greco, Joseph. The File on Robert Siodmak in Hollywood, 1941-1951. Universal-Publishers, 1999.

External links

• White Cargo at IMDb
• White Cargo at AllMovie
• White Cargo at the TCM Movie Database