This 35mm presentation, which is also being screened on August 13th and 16th (details here), is parrt of the Joan Crawford season at BFI Soutbank. Full details here.
Chicago Reader review:
A pivotal film in Frank Borzage's career, Strange Cargo(1940) finds the director moving beyond his concern with the spiritual qualities of human relationships to a broader, more mystical vision of a transcendent harmony between man and nature. Some viewers will object to the film's overtly allegorical structure (a mysterious avatar figure played by Ian Hunter leads a group of escaped convicts through a purgatorial jungle), but Borzage's power lies in his clarity. Adapted by Lawrence Hazard from Richard Sale's novel Not Too Narrow, Not Too Deep; with Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, and Peter Lorre.
Dave Kehr
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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