---
title: 'Contraband (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Powell'
released: '1940-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/contraband-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032356/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Contraband (1940)

1940 · Thriller · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Contraband is a 1940 wartime spy film by the British director-writer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, which reunited stars Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson after their earlier appearance in The Spy in Black the previous year. On this occasion, Veidt plays a hero, something he did not do very often, and there is also an early (uncredited) performance by Leo Genn.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-powell)
- **Screenplay:** [Emeric Pressburger](https://cinepixo.com/people/emeric-pressburger)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Addinsell](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-addinsell)
- **Producer:** [John Corfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-corfield)
- **Editor:** [John Seabourne](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-seabourne)

## Cast

- [Harold Warrender](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-warrender)
- [Bernard Miles](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-miles)
- [Eric Berry](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-berry)
- [Peter Bull](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-bull)
- [Deborah Kerr](https://cinepixo.com/people/deborah-kerr)
- [Milo O'Shea](https://cinepixo.com/people/milo-o-shea)
- [Esma Cannon](https://cinepixo.com/people/esma-cannon)
- [Valerie Hobson](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerie-hobson)
- [Leo Genn](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-genn)
- [Torin Thatcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/torin-thatcher)
- [Esmond Knight](https://cinepixo.com/people/esmond-knight)
- [Conrad Veidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-veidt)
- [John Longden](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-longden)
- [Patrick Barr](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-barr)
- [Nicholas Phipps](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-phipps)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/contraband-1940
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