Contraband (film)

Contraband (1940) is a film by the British director-writer team of Powell & Pressburger.

Story

Danish Captain Andersen (Conrad Veidt) is stopped for a cargo inspection in a British Contraband Control Port in the early years of World War II. He gets some shore passes for himself and his First Officer but they are stolen by passengers Mrs. Sorensen (Valerie Hobson) and Mr. Pidgeon (Esmond Knight) who take a boat and go ashore. Capt. Andersen decides to follow them and the journey takes them through blacked-out London and to various strange characters and adventures.

Related Topics:
Conrad Veidt - World War II - Valerie Hobson - Esmond Knight

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