Contraband
By: British National Films Ltd. ; Anglo American Film Corporation Limited ; original story & screen play by Emeric Pressburger ; scenario by Michael Powell and Brock Williams ; directed by Michael Powell ; produced by John Corfield ; associate producer, Roland Gillett
Contributors: Young, Freddie, cinematographer; Seabourne, John, film editor; Addinsell, Richard, 1904-1977, composer; Greenwood, John, 1889-1975, composer; Mathieson, Muir, conductor; Junge, Alfred, set designer, artistic director; Watkins, A. W., sound designer; Stevens, C. C., sound designer; Veidt, Conrad, 1893-1943, actor; Hobson, Valerie, 1917-1998, actor; Petrie, Hay, 1895-1948, actor; Ambler, Joss, 1900-1959, actor; Lovell, Raymond, 1900-1953, actor; Knight, Esmond, 1906-1987, actor; Victor, Charles, 1896-1965, actor; Kershaw, Phoebe, actor; Warrender, Harold, 1903-1953, actor; Longden, John, 1900-1971, actor; Maturin, Eric, 1883-1957, actor; Browne, Paddy, actor; British National Films, Ltd; Anglo American Film Corporation; Kino International Corporation
Publisher: Kino on Video
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 88
Subjects: Drama; Contraband of war; Kidnapping; German Espionage; World War, 1939-1945; Blackouts in war; Secret service
Other titles: Blackout; Film noir, five classics from the studio vaults.
Description: Set in England during the early days of World War II, a Danish sea captain and his passenger are kidnapped by a cell of Nazi spies operating from a basement in London's Soho. The plot progresses as a chase that puts the characters in one peculiar set of surroundings after another. Most of the story takes place under blackout conditions, in which the great city becomes a mysterious dark labyrinth.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1940.

Also issued as part of the box set: Film noir, five classics from the studio vaults.

Photography, F.A. Young ; editing, John Seabourne ; music composed by Richard Addinsell, John Greenwood ; music directed by Muir Mathieson ; settings, Alfred Junge ; recording, A.W. Watkins, C.C. Stevens.

Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Hay Petrie, Joss Ambler, Raymond Lovell, Esmond Knight, Charles Victor, Phoebe Kershaw, Harold Warrender, John Longden, Eric Maturin, Paddy Browne.

Not rated.

DVD.