REGENT THEATRE
“CONTRABAND.” In the tradition of the great stage and film success “The Luck of the Navy,” which played long seasons in the war of 1914-18, is the M-G-M British film “Contraband,” a rattling good thriller, full of the tang of the sea, and showing tonight, at the Regent Theatre. Swiftly the action changes from contraband detection methods by the Royal Navy in the English Channel to pulse-quickening encounters with a nest of Nazi spies, concealed in the night haunts of wartime London. following the outbreak of war in 1939. The actual methods employed in blockade running, as the Navy keeps its vigil in the Channel, are faithfully and thrillingly portrayed. A.s the story unfolds in the fashionable section of London, scenes in the completely blacked-out streets, hazardous with a torrent of traffic, add a note of authenticity. Tall, handsome Conrad Veidt, as Captain Andersen, skipper of a Danish liner, plays convincingly the part of an adventurous seafarer following a beautiful British girl spy into the coils of underground Nazidom. As the spy Valerie Hobson is fascinatingly piquant. Esmond Knight, and Hay Petrie head a grand English supporting cast.
The supporting featurettes include the latest March of Time, dealing with ■■Mexico,” the danger spot of America, where fifth column have been at work for years. A consulsing Our Gang comedy, a Metro Miniature and the latest Air Mail News complete an outstanding night’s entertainment. The plans are at Kimmo's and the theatre.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 May 1941, Page 2
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243REGENT THEATRE Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 May 1941, Page 2
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