Forbidden Cargo is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Tom Buckingham and featuring Boris Karloff.

[2][3] As described in a film magazine review,[4] Captain Drake's services to the government has gone unrecognized, and he has grown to be a bitter old man.

Jerry Burke of the Secret Service has been assigned to ferret out the illicit traders.

He becomes interested in Polly but the young woman's confederate, Pietro Castillano, learns Jerry's identity, so they shanghai him.

In a battle between bootleggers and hijackers, Jerry escapes with the young woman to an island.