Find trailers, reviews, and all info for White Cargo by Richard Thorpe. According to the file on the film in the MPAA/PCA collection at the Margaret Herrick Library, the miscegenation element of Leon Gordon's story caused great censorship difficulties, beginning with the U.S. distribution of a 1929 British screen adaptation of his play, also titled White Cargo. Sign up here. On the journey, Chumley and Fosdyke appear from hiding in the back of the van, and Stella reveals herself to be an undercover police officer investigating Fox. This 10-digit number is your confirmation number. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your email. Regal Albert Toddey (Jason), who daydreams of being a James Bond-type secret agent, recalls in flashback how he came to be a “government employee with a position of responsibility”: Having been sent a ticket for a supposed high-end gentlemen's club, Albert attends but finds it is a low-end strip club. | Rating: D At the trading company, they translate an address of a house in the country before Albert takes back the book and escapes. The company then decided to make a sound version and paid Gordon an extra £10,000 for talking rights. It takes all of the efforts of the doctor and Roberts to keep the two men from each other's throats. Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it is based on the 1923 London and Broadway hit play by Leon Gordon, which was in turn adapted from the novel Hell's Playground by Ida Vera Simonton. Directed by Ray Selfe. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. At the country house, Albert finds the owner of the strip club, Fox (Cross), Harry and a number of hoods running a trade in white slavery.

She obtains poison and makes him drink some of it instead. Coming Soon, Regal Tondelayo begins to work her wiles on Langford. Despite the warnings from all three of the other men (and perhaps to spite Harry), he eventually succumbs to her charms. [2], In April 1942, MGM announced they would make the film as a vehicle for Hedy Lamarr. Please reference “Error Code 2121” when contacting customer service.

White Cargo is a 1942 film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Hedy Lamarr and Walter Pidgeon. White Cargo on mubi.com. Harry, as resident magistrate, has already previously ordered her to leave his district, as a disruptive, amoral influence.

MGM bought the film rights from BIP and hired Gordon to adapt his own play.[2]. Tondelayo's ethnicity was changed for this movie to avoid violating the Motion Picture Production Code. The company then decided to make a sound version and paid Gordon an extra £10,000 for talking rights. Sidney Poitier’s 7 Most Memorable Performances, All Harry Potter Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer. He gets involved in a plot to smuggle young women out to the Middle East. Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password. The club is under surveillance by two bowler-hatted bumbling Home Office investigators Chumley (Lloyd) and Fosdyke (Barrett) who use a variety of transparent disguises throughout the film. Coming Soon. After five months, Tondelayo has grown bored of her husband. Silly jungle junk but Hedy is ravishing. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. The 1942 film, unlike the play, begins in what was then the present-day, and uses a flashback technique. The British film version followed the play closely. Wilbur Ashley (Bramwell Fletcher) and his boss, Harry Witzel (Walter Pidgeon), have grown to hate each other. More by luck than judgment he manages to thwart the baddies and save the day. White Cargo Passed | 1h 28min | Adventure , Drama | 12 December 1942 (USA) The story takes place at a British plantation in Africa where Tondelayo entices all … Cinemark Albert sneaks in through the open French windows, and finds one of the women in the cellar is Stella. As a reward, Albert gets his “position of responsibility”—as the doorman at New Scotland Yard.

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His scheme fails; however, he manages to knock out the hoods one by one by dropping crates on their heads, while Desiree and the other women gleefully chain up their erstwhile captors.

Harry offers up his girlfriend Desiree to complete an order, along with six women chained up in the cellar. All Critics (1) While Desiree (Bond), a stripper, performs. At the warehouse, while Stella is interrogated over the stolen book, Albert daydreams about overpowering their guard, knocking out the hoods with a hare-brained pulley system and locking Fox in a crate. Albert finds no poker, but finds a tyre iron in a van outside, and creates a diversion to re-enter the house by jamming on the van's horn. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Walter Pidgeon to Play Role of Witzel in 'White Cargo' With Hedy Lamarr New York Times 30 Apr 1942: 15, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White_Cargo&oldid=962424696, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 14 June 2020, at 00:10. You're almost there! He daydreams of taking a poker from the upstairs fireplace, freeing the women with it, tying up the hoods and knocking out Fox. Your Ticket Confirmation # is located under the header in your email that reads "Your Ticket Reservation Details". That gives her an idea. In the play, Tondelayo is described throughout as a "negress." [3] Leon Gordon adapted his own play and Walter Pidgeon was assigned the lead role (which had been played by Gordon in the original stage production).[4]. Cinemark Chumley and Fosdyke enter the flat, posing as gas meter readers, and advise Albert to take the book to an Eastern trading company for translation, where they lie in wait for him. When Harry orders her expelled once more, Langford decides to marry her. The once-notorious theatrical chestnut White Cargo was toned down for public consumption in this 1942 MGM-ized adaptation (the property had been previously filmed in England in 1929). The situation becomes worse when Tondelayo (Hedy Lamarr), a seductive native woman, returns. Albert notices an off-stage argument between the attractive Stella (Hassall) and bouncer Harry (Prowse), and daydreams of overpowering Harry and rescuing her.

Returning to the present, Worthing observes that he did. Roberts reveals that she is not a native, but rather half Egyptian and half Arab, and in spite of his better judgment, reluctantly joins them in holy matrimony. She manages to indicate to Albert that he should find a book, handwritten in Arabic, that she stole from the desk.

Loew's Inc. February 15, 2004 Don’t worry, it won’t take long. Stella takes pity on him and asks him back to her apartment to dry off; but, as he changes, Stella is kidnapped by Harry.

The production ran from May 18 to early June 1942. ANOTHER SCRIPT FROM THE HOLLYWOOD LAUNDRY: 'White Cargo' Gets Clearance Papers New York Times 17 May 1942: X3. All rights reserved. In the morning, the captives, along with Desiree, are taken in the van to a dockyard warehouse. White Cargo (also known as Albert's Follies) is a 1973 British comedy film directed by Ray Selfe and starring David Jason and Imogen Hassall. The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive review. Acting on this impulse, he is instead drenched in the water from a mop-bucket, and—along with Stella, who was caught going through the boss's desk—is thrown out into the street.

He fails either to free the women or tie up the hoods, and is chained up overnight with Stella. The City of the Future (A Cidade do Futuro), Fall TV First Look: Find Out What’s Coming, The Best Peacock Original Shows and Movies, All Upcoming Disney Movies: New Disney Live-Action, Animation, Pixar, Marvel, and More. Harry forces her to drink the rest of the poison. She was turned into half-Egyptian and half-"low cast arab". Don't have an account? We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future. and the Terms and Policies, The play had already been made into a British part-talkie, also titled White Cargo, with Maurice Evans in 1930. Harry grabs him and forcefully tells him that he will stick around. Please click the link below to receive your verification email. As noted in articles included in the MPAA/PCA files, in accordance with the MPPDA's 1924 agreement of self-imposed censorship, MPPDA head Will Hays deemed the play unacceptable material for screen adaptation and effectively banned any studios from producing it.
MGM bought the film rights from BIP and hired Gordon to adapt his own play. The image is an example of a ticket confirmation email that AMC sent you when you purchased your ticket. Just below that it reads "Ticket Confirmation#:" followed by a 10-digit number. Arriving by seaplane to inspect an isolated but thriving rubber plantation in the African jungle during World War II, Worthing (Richard Ainley) reminisces about the old days, when conditions were much harsher. Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. According to MGM records, the film made $1,654,000 in the US and Canada and $1,009,000 elsewhere, earning a profit of $1,240,000.[1][5][6]. In Gordon's original script this fact was to be revealed at the end, but the censor requested the information be revealed earlier. Forgot your password? From the boat comes Langford's replacement: a younger Worthing. They won't be able to see your review if you only submit your rating. The other two white men are the alcoholic doctor (Frank Morgan) and missionary Reverend Dr. Roberts (Henry O'Neill). |. However, Harry suspects what she is trying to do. Albert is a bumbling civil servant, who dreams that he is a Bond-like secret agent. By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy

Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. Copyright © Fandango. Albert knocks Fox into the dock while Stella phones the police. In 1930, Gordon sold the film rights to British International Pictures (BIP) for£15,000. An English magistrate (Walter Pidgeon) warns a colonial newcomer (Richard Carlson) about a dark temptress (Hedy Lamarr) in West Africa. Ashley is finally going home, and the boat is also bringing his replacement, Langford (Richard Carlson), for a four-year stint. The doctor takes Langford away on the Congo Queen for better medical treatment, identifying him as white cargo. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White_Cargo_(1973_film)&oldid=958941399, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 26 May 2020, at 11:43. Coming Soon. Harry and Langford get off to a bad start, and it only goes downhill from there.
He leaves, then returns just as she is about to give Langford another dose. When her husband becomes sick, the doctor gives her some medicine to give him periodically. Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified. The March 1930 New York release of the 1929 British film, directed by J.

The film then flashes back to 1910. B. Williams and Arthur Barnes, starring Leslie Faber, Maurice Evans, and Gypsy Rhouma, generated complaints from industry insiders, who felt that its distribution in the U.S. violated the spirit of Hays' decree.