by the cabaret performer and sometime hooker Julie (Joan) and by a mysterious, mystical figure named Cambreau (Ian Hunter). Strange Cargo is simultaneously a suspense yarn, a sea epic and a love story—but most of all it is a meditation on the nature of human solidarity, the possibility of forgiveness and thenature of redemption. This complex of ideas emerges in a film made with tact, restraint and unpretentious depth—a rare combination of qualities in Hollywood at any time. The impressive
