Edmund Lowe was not an especially handsome man, but he had a nice, carefree acting style that I have always found endearing. Because of this, even a relatively routine film like "Doomed Cargo" is well worth watching. In this film, Lowe is ably assisted by Constance Cummings--another American actor--though she later specialized in making British films and moved to the UK for good.
The movie begins in an odd way--Lowe is dressed as a devil for a party and his tail is shut in a door--and he cannot move. But that's not the only thing weird about this party, as Lowe finds a dead man--and no one believes him because when they return the corpse is gone. But, to make things even weirder, after a train wreck, Lowe finds this same body among the dead in the wreckage! It seems someone went to a lot of trouble to disguise this as an accident. The film eventually leads to the trail of arms merchants and it's up to Lowe and Cummings to work it all out--with lots of witty repartee along the way. Smooth, easy-going and fun--this is a better B-mystery film--reasonably well written and enjoyable.
The movie begins in an odd way--Lowe is dressed as a devil for a party and his tail is shut in a door--and he cannot move. But that's not the only thing weird about this party, as Lowe finds a dead man--and no one believes him because when they return the corpse is gone. But, to make things even weirder, after a train wreck, Lowe finds this same body among the dead in the wreckage! It seems someone went to a lot of trouble to disguise this as an accident. The film eventually leads to the trail of arms merchants and it's up to Lowe and Cummings to work it all out--with lots of witty repartee along the way. Smooth, easy-going and fun--this is a better B-mystery film--reasonably well written and enjoyable.