YMMV / Human Cargo (1936)

• Complete Monster: Gilbert Fender, District Attorney Joe Carey's former legal partner and a seemingly respectable member of the San Francisco community, is actually the ringleader of the Human Traffickers who reporters Patrick "Packy" Campbell and Bonnie Brewster are trying to expose. Regularly smuggling approximately 10,000 "illegal aliens" per month into the United States via his organization and subjecting them to extortion under threat of exposure, Fender regularly has his subordinates toss their "human cargo" overboard when pursued by the police, with hundreds dying as such. Additionally, Fender regularly silences any witnesses against him, including a club entertainer. Exposed to Carey and the police by Packy after taking Bonnie captive, Fender attempts suicide, only to be interrupted by Packy and hauled off by the police.
• Retroactive Recognition: The club entertainer is played by Rita Hayworth, credited as Rita Cansino.
• Values Dissonance: As of 2021, employers in the United States are not encouraged to discriminate based on gender like the editor in the film, lest they be sued.