THE PORT OF MISSING GIRLS (1938) Harry Carey, Judith Allen & Milburn Stone | Drama | B&W

The Port of Missing Girls is a 1938 American film directed by Karl Brown and starring Harry Carey.

SYNOPIS
A woman framed for a murder she didn't commit stows away on a freighter headed for an island in the South Seas known as a hideout for people on the run from the law. The ship's radio operator finds her and falls in love with her, promising to help her get to the island. However, things take a turn for the worse when another couple recognize the woman, and as she is about to escape the ship she learns of a plot to rob the freighter and its crew.

Nightclub singer Della Mason (Judith Allen) witnesses a murder and is forced by the killer to flee with him from the scene of the crime. Escaping from the gangster, she secretly boards the ship of Captain Josiah Storm (Harry Carey), a woman-hater, and the ship sails from San Francisco headed for China. Della is discovered by Jim Benton (Milburn Stone), the ship's first mate and he pleads her case to the captain. He leaves her in under the protection of Minnie (Jane Jones) at "Minnie's Joint in Shanghai, until her innocence can be established.

CAST & CREW
Harry Carey as Captain Josiah Storm
Judith Allen as Della Mason
Milburn Stone as Jim Benton
Betty Compson as Chicago
Matty Fain as Duke Ransom
George Cleveland as Clinton
Jane Jones as Minnie
Willy Castello as Manuel

Directed by Karl Brown
Written by Karl Brown
Produced by Lon Young
Cinematography Gilbert Warrenton
Production company Monogram Pictures
Release date February 23, 1938
Running time 65 minutes
Country United States
Language English