
Contraband (1940)
6.9|11 May, 1940|91 min
Stop that man and woman! His mission is deadlier than that of the enemy in the sky. Her beauty is a dangerous weapon of war!
6.9|11 May, 1940|91 min
Released
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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.
Language
Budget$4,490,331
Revenue --
Dansk,
English
Budget$4,490,331
Revenue --
Keywords
smuggling (contraband)
world war ii
Casts

Conrad Veidt
Capt. Andersen

Valerie Hobson
Mrs. Sorensen

Hay Petrie
Axel Skold

Joss Ambler
Lt. Cmdr. Ashton

Raymond Lovell
Van Dyne

Esmond Knight
Mr. Pidgeon

Charles Victor
Hendrick
Phoebe Kershaw
Miss Lang

Harold Warrender
Lt. Cmdr. Ellis

John Longden
Passport officer

Eric Maturin
Passport officer
Dennis Arundell
Lieman
Molly Hamley-Clifford
Baroness Hekla
Eric Berry
Mr. Abo
Paddy Browne
Singer in 'Regency'
Henry Wolston
First Danish Waiter
Julian Vedey
Second Danish Waiter
Sydney Moncton
Third Danish Waiter
Hamilton Keene
Fourth Danish Waiter

Leo Genn
First Brother Grimm

Stuart Latham
Second Brother Grimm

Peter Bull
Third Brother Grimm

Olga Edwardes
Mrs. Abo
Toni Gable
Miss Karoly
Desmond Jeans
First Karoly
Eric Hales
Second Karoly
J.P. Roberts
Hanson

Manning Whiley
Manager of 'Mousetrap'

Frank Allenby

Patrick Barr
Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Esma Cannon
Erik Skold's Niece
Albert Chevalier

Erik Chitty
Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited)
Mark Daly
Taxi Driver
John England

Cameron Hall
Naval Officer
Haddon Mason

Bernard Miles
Man Lighting Pipe

Milo O’Shea
Air Raid Warden

Nicholas Phipps
Man in Car

Johnnie Schofield
Waiter at the Cab Drivers Shelter

Michael Shepley
Man in Club

Torin Thatcher
Sailor
Townsend Whitling
Ben Williams
Man Selling Torches
Duncan Ross

Milo O’Shea
Air Raid Warden (uncredited)
Crews

Michael Powell
Director
John Corfield
Producer

Richard Addinsell
Original Music Composer
John Greenwood
Original Music Composer
Muir Mathieson
Music
John Seabourne Sr.
Editor
Brock Williams
Scenario Writer

Michael Powell
Scenario Writer

Emeric Pressburger
Writer
Roland Gillett
Associate Producer

Alfred Junge
Set Decoration
Anthony Nelson Keys
Production Manager
Muir Mathieson
Music Director

Freddie Young
Director of Photography

Alfred Junge
Production Design
C. C. Stevens
Sound Recordist
A.W. Watkins
Sound Recordist
Rahvis
Costume Designer
Backdrops & Posters

