Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

JohnHowardReid Eleanor Hunt (Bobbie Reynolds), Conrad Nagel (Alan O'Connor), Claudia Dell (Fay Temple), Frank LaRue (Perrelli), Vince Barnett (Bulb Callahan), Crane Wilbur (director), Harry Strang, John Ivans, V. Carroll. Director/screenplay: CRANE WILBUR. Photography: Mack Stengler. Film editor: Tony Martinelli. Art director: F. Paul Sylos. Music director: Abe Meyer. Assistant director: Bobby Ray. Producer: George Hirliman.A Grand National picture. Released: 8 November 1936. 63 minutes. COMMENT: This first of four Eleanor Hunt (Bobbie Reynolds)/Conrad Nagel/Alan O'Connor) "B" thrillers is probably the best of a poor lot, thanks to its Poverty Row film-making background plot and the charismatic presence of writer/director Crane Wilbur as the movie- within-the movie's crooked director. It's sad to see the super- lovely Ziegfeld chorine-turned-movie-star Eleanor Hunt being out- shone by Jack LaRue and Claudia Dell, but that's the film biz! I've just taken a look at IMDb's photo gallery of Eleanor Hunt and it's interesting to see that in at least half of them, Eleanor does not take a good photo at all, whereas Claudia Dell always looks great in just about every picture in her photo gallery. Eleanor is obviously not at ease, posing in front of a still camera, but comes to life when she is actually acting in the movie!

artpf The first of a series of four "G-Man" films produced by George A. Hirliman's Condor Productions (with all four starring Conrad Nagel and Hirliman's wife, actress Eleanor Hunt, in continuing roles), "Yellow Cargo" has G-Man (nee FBI) Alan O'Connor (Conrad Nagel) being "borrowed" by the United States Immigration Service to track down a smuggling ring on the West Coast, which is engaged in bringing in Orientals to the U.S. in violation of the Chinese Exclusion Act. O'Connor is met at the airport by reporter Bobbie Reynolds (Eleanor Hunt), who mistakes him for a New York actor in search of a movie job in Hollywood. O'Connor falls in with her plan to introduce him to some producers, so he can get a line on the leaders of the smuggling ring, who are operating under the guise of an independent motion picture company. Vince Barnett is on hand for comedy relief as "Bulbs" Callahan ('Vince Barnett' ), a bone-head news photographer.Be prepared for a low budget film, but it moves fast and is watchable if you like movies from the 30's.

MartinHafer This public domain movie is also known as SINFUL CARGO and when I saw that title, I was expecting a salacious little exploitation film. Instead, it was a cheap little film that was dull and probably not worth anyone's time.Conrad Nagel and Eleanor Hunt star in this dud. He is a federal agent investigation the smuggling of illegal Chinese aliens into the country and she is an annoying reporter with a secret. She is assisted by the world's stupidest and most annoying camera man, played by Vince Barnett. Barnett was obviously included as comic relief, but he was neither funny nor a relief when he entered a scene--just a one-joke irritant. In the end, there is a final confrontation with the gang boss that is among the dullest and most anticlimactic in film history. Then, in a "clever" twist, we learn the female reporter's secret and the camera, thankfully, fades.The film has bad writing, acting and direction. It practically screams "SLOPPY" throughout. For a similar plot though done competently, try seeing Ronald Reagan in SECRET SERVICE OF THE AIR--a B-film actually worth your time. Don't say I didn't warn you.

lilmissvintage This movie is showing on one of the channels that I have on direct tv. So far, the movie seems pretty dull and cheesy. The one thing that I do like about it is that it's from the 30s, and the acting and costumes are pretty nice.