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Forbidden Cargo

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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

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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

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