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

Milo O’Shea

Nicholas Phipps

Johnnie Schofield

Michael Shepley

Torin Thatcher

Townsend Whitling

Ben Williams

Duncan Ross

Michael Powell

John Seabourne Sr.

John Corfield

John Greenwood

Muir Mathieson

Richard Addinsell

Emeric Pressburger

Alfred Junge

Roland Gillett

Anthony Nelson Keys

Brock Williams

Freddie Young

C. C. Stevens

A.W. Watkins

Rahvis

Thriller

Contraband

British National Films

United Kingdom

CinemaSerf

When Conrad Veidt's Danish freighter is routinely stopped by the Royal Navy in search of contraband; he is held over for 24 hours. He manages to get hold of two shore passes for himself and his first mate, but they are stolen and as he investigates, he encounters Valerie Hobson, the mysterious "Mrs. Sorensen" and soon is embroiled in a top secret Nazi espionage conspiracy. Just as with "the Spy in Black" (1939) the two stars gel well, Weidt has a sort of suave, debonair style about him that complements his stylish co-star well and the writing gives ample opportunity for some humour as the gently suspenseful, if maybe just a tad too contrived, mystery moves along. Set at the start of WWII, the storyline lacks some of the more sinister aspects of later British-made war films, and much of the style and pace of the story still depicts an optimism that the conflict would be short-lived.

Dansk

English

Contraband (1940) - Full Film