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Rating: 7 stars

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denmark WWII England espionage contraband Spies german blackout London

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Contraband (1940)

Directed by Michael Powell

Mystery | Adventure | War

Overview

When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control, its captain becomes involved in a beautiful British Naval Intelligent agent’s efforts to capture a group of German spies operating from a London cinema.

Rated NR | Length 91 minutes

Actors

Conrad Veidt | Valerie Hobson | Hay Petrie | Joss Ambler | Raymond Lovell | Esmond Knight | Charles Victor | Phoebe Kershaw | Harold Warrender | John Longden | Eric Maturin | Dennis Arundell | Molly Hamley-Clifford | Eric Berry | Paddy Browne | Henry Wolston | Julian Vedey | Sydney Moncton | Hamilton Keene | Leo Genn | Stuart Latham | Peter Bull | Olga Edwardes | Toni Gable | Desmond Jeans | Eric Hales | J.P. Roberts | Manning Whiley | Frank Allenby | Patrick Barr | Esma Cannon | Albert Chevalier | Erik Chitty | Mark Daly | John England | Cameron Hall | Haddon Mason | Bernard Miles | Nicholas Phipps | Johnnie Schofield | Michael Shepley | Torin Thatcher | Townsend Whitling | Ben Williams | Duncan Ross | Milo O'Shea

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Weird to call any movie about World War II ‘fun’ but this one was. A nice blend of humor, drama and action that starts off with surly characters that you don’t quite like until later in the film.

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