Back home

Forbidden Cargo

7 votes

Producing House

Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother and sister drug smuggling team.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1954-05-04

Runtime: 85 mins

Director: Harold French

Spoken language:

Genres: Crime, Thriller

Original title: Forbidden Cargo

Production Companies: London Independent Producers

Production Countries: United Kingdom

Reviews

G

Geronimo1967
Nigel Patrick ("Kenyon") works quite well here as a customs and excise inspector who is on the trail of a glamorous brother and sister (Elizabeth Sellars & Terence Morgan) whom he and boss Jack Warner suspect might be involved in a big drug smuggling enterprise. As the plot thickens, he begins to fall a little for the femme fatale and things all get rather too complicated. It features a fun contribution from Joyce Grenfell as the slightly eccentric tweeter (birds) "Lady Flavia' and keep an eye out for a fleeting visit by Michael Hordern. The writing is a bit bland however, and the investigative sides of the story a bit procedural - but the performances are decent enough and the photography helps the drama along well. Worth a watch.
2023-11-25

Recommendations

Touch and Die
1.6

Touch and Die

1991-01-01

Martin Sheen stars as an American newsman in Rome who begins to investigate the appearance of severa

Wolf Creek
3.1

Wolf Creek

2005-09-16

Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insuf

Avenger of the Seven Seas
3.3

Avenger of the Seven Seas

1962-03-21

It's 1790 and British Naval Commander Redway is driven by greed for money and will stop at nothing t

White Lightning
3

White Lightning

1973-08-06

An ex-con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.

Topkapi
3.2

Topkapi

1964-09-02

Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims t

The Business
3

The Business

2005-09-02

During the '80s, a young man named Frankie dreams of escaping London's South East region, and his mo

The Longest Yard
3.3

The Longest Yard

2005-05-27

Disgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe lands in a Texas federal penitentiary, where manipulat

Babylon A.D.
2.8

Babylon A.D.

2008-08-20

A veteran-turned-mercenary is hired to take a young woman with a secret from post-apocalyptic Easter

Southland Tales
2.6

Southland Tales

2007-11-14

Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social,

Road
2.5

Road

2017-08-05

An elder brother who lived a life of crime but left to show his younger brother the lifestyle is not

Das Herz von St. Pauli
2.7

Das Herz von St. Pauli

1957-12-17

Due to a lack of money, Hamburg pub owner Jonny Jensen brings two partners on board. As soon as the

Shadows over St. Pauli
0

Shadows over St. Pauli

1938-01-01

Old John Carstens sells his marine‐equipment firm to Lafrenz, unaware it’s now a fuel‐smuggling fron

Diamonds Are Forever
3.2

Diamonds Are Forever

1971-12-14

Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smug

For Your Eyes Only
3.3

For Your Eyes Only

1981-06-24

A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find

The Man Who Knew Too Much
3.7

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1956-05-16

An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocc

Traffic
3.5

Traffic

2000-12-27

An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the ne

Blood Diamond
3.8

Blood Diamond

2006-12-08

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sie

Saigon
2.9

Saigon

1947-12-05

After World War II Larry learns that his flying buddy Mike will only live a short time despite the e

Gator King
1

Gator King

1997-03-01

An environmental activist attempts to stop a dastardly villain who imports alligators from China in

10 Rillington Place
3.6

10 Rillington Place

1971-02-10

The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the tit