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6.4

Forbidden Cargo

NR·1954·85m

Crime

Thriller

Crime

Thriller

Summary

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

Cast

Jack Warner

Maj. Alec White

Nigel Patrick

Insp. Michael Kenyon

Elizabeth Sellars

Rita Compton

Terence Morgan

Roger Compton

Greta Gynt

Mme. Simonetta

Theodore Bikel

Max

Eric Pohlmann

Steven Lasovich

Joyce Grenfell

Lady Flavia Queensway

Michael Hordern

Director of Customs

James Gilbert

Agent Larkins

Martin Boddey

Sub-Director Holt

Hal Osmond

Baggage Room Clerk

Jacques Brunius

Det. Pierre Valance

Ronald Adam

Mr. Bennett

Jill Adams

Michael's Dance Partner (uncredited)

John Arnatt

Customs Officer (uncredited)

Ballard Berkeley

Cooper

Jacques Cey

Little Frenchman

Cyril Chamberlain

Customs Officer

Philip Dale

A.P.O.

David Davies

(uncredited)

Guy De Monceau

Head Waiter (uncredited)

Arnold Diamond

French Customs Officer

Tom Gill

Montana Hotel Receptionist

Campbell Gray

Luigi

George Hilsdon

Police Driver (uncredited)

John Horsley

Customs Officer

Robin Hunter

A.P.O.

Douglas Ives

Seaman

Hamilton Keene

Cop at London Airport

Lloyd Lamble

Captain of Python

Terence Longdon

A.P.O. at Customs Launch

Nicholas Phipps

Royal Navy Information Officer

Denis Shaw

Ship's Cook

Campbell Singer

Sergeant Dodson, River Police

John Singer

Seaman

Philip Stainton

Seaburyness Police Sergeant

Herbert C. Walton

Old Man in Dungarees

Brian Wilde

Smuggler at Airfield

Joan Winmill Brown

W.S.O.

Crew

Director

Harold French

Screenplay

Sydney Box

Reviews

Geronimo1967

November 25, 2023

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.