Forbidden Cargo (1925 film)

Forbidden Cargo
Forbidden Cargo
	Lobby card
Directed by	Tom Buckingham
Written by	Fred Myton
Starring	Evelyn Brent; Robert Ellis; Boris Karloff
Cinematography	Silvano Balboni
Distributed by	Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation
Release date	February 22, 1925;
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Forbidden Cargo is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Tom Buckingham and featuring Boris Karloff.^[1] The film is considered to be lost.^[2]^[3]

Plot[edit]

As described in a film magazine review,^[4] Captain Drake's services to the government has gone unrecognized, and he has grown to be a bitter old man. His daughter Polly carries on and becomes the captain of a rum-running schooner, known only as Captain Joe. Jerry Burke of the Secret Service has been assigned to ferret out the illicit traders. He becomes interested in Polly but the young woman's confederate, Pietro Castillano, learns Jerry's identity, so they shanghai him. In a battle between bootleggers and hijackers, Jerry escapes with the young woman to an island. Here they are captured by the gang, but are saved when she signals the marines. Jerry and Polly are then wed.

Cast[edit]

Evelyn Brent as Polly O'Day
Robert Ellis as Jerry Burke
Boris Karloff as Pietro Castillano
Jack Kenny as Minor Role (uncredited)

References[edit]

^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Forbidden Cargo". silentera.com. Retrieved April 9, 2008.
^ Kear, Lynn (2009). Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-7864-4363-5.
^ "Forbidden Cargo". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
^ "New Pictures: Forbidden Cargo", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (5): 54, April 25, 1925, retrieved January 23, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.