Human Cargo is a 1936 Gangster Film starring Claire Trevor and Brian Donlevy, featuring Rita Hayworth.
Reporter Patrick "Packy" Campbell teams up with rival reporter Bonnie Brewster against a gang of Human Traffickers who smuggle illegal immigrants into the United Sates.
The trope revelation that will shock the whole nation!
- Catchphrase: Crocker's "Boy ! Boy ! I want a boy "
- Cement Shoes: The smugglers have a tendency to throw the humans they are smuggling overboard if the police get too close.
- Da Editor: Crocker is a gruff and chauvinistic newspaper editor.
- Human Traffickers: The antagonists smuggle illegal immigrants into the US and extort money from them by threatening to expose them.
- The Illegal: The smugglers bring illegal migrants into the states and extort money out of them by threatening to expose them.
- Intrepid Reporter: Packy and Bonnie are reporters who team up to expose the smugglers.
- Villain with Good Publicity: Gilbert Fender poses as a productive member of San Francisco society who is friends with the District Attorney in order to cover up his role as ringleader of the Human Traffickers.
