REGENT THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 May 1941, Page 2

REGENT THEATRE

“CONTRABAND.” The British film “Contraband,” a rattling good thriller, full of the tang of the sea, will be shown tonight. 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. As 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 spj 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 Cur Gang comedy, a .Metro Miniature and the latest Air Mail News complete an outstanding night’s entertainment. The plans are at Nimmo's and the theatre.