
Strange Cargo(1940)
Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.



Mala
Taro

Lotus Long
Lilleo

Rudolph Anders
Superintendant's Assistant (uncredited)

Chester Gan
Chinese Cook (uncredited)
Rangapo A. Taipoo
Taro's Mother (uncredited)
Teio A. Tematua
The Chief (uncredited)

Charles Trowbridge
Mine Superintendant (uncredited)
Last of the Pagans is a adventure, drama, romance film released in 1935. Directed by Richard Thorpe, it stars Mala, Lotus Long, Rudolph Anders. Two South Sea Islanders fall in love, followed by a hurricane.
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