Desperate Cargo

Released july 1941... europe was already knee deep in the war, but the united states didn't get pulled in until december. The story here is that two chorus girls are stuck in puerta nueve, according to the map they show at the start. (although the hotel staff all say puerto nuevo. And at about thirty four minutes, the update on the board shows "puerte nueve"!). Also in the hotel are a gang of crooks, planning a robbery on the airplane. The girls lack work and money to leave, and want to return to new york. So they chat up tony, who works for the airline. Can they all work together to stop the holdup before they are airborn? Stars ralph byrd, carol hughes, julie duncan. It's a producers releasing corp film, so we know they weren't spending much cash on this one. It's okay. Sound and picture are actually pretty good on the version shown on tubi streaminng. Although with all the shots they fired, the plane probably wouldn't have been able to fly anyway! Directed by bill beaudine, who made so many low budget and bowery boys films. Story by eustace adams, in a magazine article. Byrd died young at 43 from a heart attack.