Gun Cargo

Gun Cargo

49 mins | Drama, Crime, Action | Oct. 5, 1949

A Maritime Board of Inquiry investigates the loss of the merchant ship, the Black Rover . Its captain, Jim Parker, offers the following testimony on his own behalf: Jim is recommended by Fred Winthrop to his father, owner of the Winthrop Shipping Line, to command the Black Rover after its captain and crew refuse to make the voyage. Jim, who has just received his captain's papers, agrees, unaware that Winthrop is illegally running a cargo of contraband weapons.

Gun Cargo

49 mins | Drama, Crime, Action | Oct. 5, 1949

Gun Cargo
A Maritime Board of Inquiry investigates the loss of the merchant ship, the Black Rover . Its captain, Jim Parker, offers the following testimony on his own behalf: Jim is recommended by Fred Winthrop to his father, owner of the Winthrop Shipping Line, to command the Black Rover after its captain and crew refuse to make the voyage. Jim, who has just received his captain's papers, agrees, unaware that Winthrop is illegally running a cargo of contraband weapons.
Producers Jack Irwin Productions
Original title Gun Cargo
Directors Jack Irwin
Writers Jack Irwin

Cast

Rex Lease

as Capt. Jim Parker

Smith Ballew

as Singing Sailor

William Farnum

as Board of Inquiry Chairman

Gibson Gowland

as Henry Morgan

Robert Frazer

as First Mate Fred Winthrop

Allene Ray

as Helen - Stowaway

John Ince

as Frederick Winthrop Sr.