Alert in the Mediterranean (French: Alerte en Méditerranée) is a 1938 French thriller film directed by Léo Joannon and starring Pierre Fresnay, Nadine Vogel and Rolf Wanka. It was the fifth most popular film at the French box office in 1938. It also proved a success in Belgium after being released in Brussels in October 1938. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. The following year it was remade in Britain as Hell's Cargo directed by Harold Huth. Synopsis After meeting in Tangiers three naval officers, British, French and German, are able to overcome their national antipathy and come to the assistance of a neutral ship in distress. Cast Pierre Fresnay as Le commandant Lestailleur Nadine Vogel as Claire Lestailleur Rolf Wanka as von Schlieden Kim Peacock as Le commandant Falcon Jean-Claude Debully as Le petit Pierre Jean Témerson as Le docteur Laurent Louis Seigner as Le juge d'instruction Raymond Aimos as Huguenin, le second-maître Jean Tissier as Le journaliste Fernand Ledoux as Martin René Bergeron as Le capitaine Dulac Jean Daurand as Le matelot Calas Edmond Ardisson as La matelot Jaubert Michael Hogarth as Le matelot anglair Kroneger as Le matelot allemand Robert Pizani as Le médecin du port Jacques Berlioz as Le commandant du paquebot Tony Murcie as Le second du paquebot Frédéric Mariotti as Un homme de main Jean d'Yd as Le père Blanc Georges Tourreil as L'officier des Spahis Georges Prieur as L'amiral Duluard as Le second du torpilleur Jacques Vitry Henry Bonvallet Marc Dantzer References Bibliography Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002. Driskell, Jonathan. The French Screen Goddess: Film Stardom and the Modern Woman in 1930s France. I.B.Tauris, 2015. External links 1938 thriller films French thriller films 1938 films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Léo Joannon Films scored by Michel Michelet Seafaring films Films set in Tangier French black-and-white films 1930s French films