Contraband
Contraband is a 1940 wartime spy film by the British director-writer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, which reunited stars Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson after their earlier appearance in The Spy in Black the previous year. On this occasion, Veidt plays a hero, something he did not do very often, and there is also an early (uncredited) performance by Leo Genn.
Plot
Danish Captain Andersen and his freighter Helvig are stopped in the English Channel by Lt. Commanders Ashton and Ellis for a cargo inspection in a British Contraband Control Port as World War II is slowly consuming Europe, despite Denmark being neutral.
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| author | Emeric Pressburger |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Michael Powell |
| editor | John Seabourne |
| events | espionage World War II |
| keywords | capture cargo ship chief mate cigarette paper contraband denmark düsseldorf english channel first officer freighter germany lt. commander nazi nazi spy sea voyage spy ring talent scout tie up travel |
| musicBy | Richard Addinsell |
| producer | John Corfield |
| productionCompany | British National Films Company |
| publisher | Anglo-American |
| theme | spy war |