Adventure Films — CONTRABAND (1940)

THE IMMIGRANT, b&w, 20 minutes. Directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, 1917.

Charlie is an immigrant who endures a challenging voyage and gets into trouble as soon as he arrives in America

CONTRABAND, b&w, 90 minutes. Directed by Michael Powell, 1940. Starring Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Hay Petrie.

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. Most of the story takes place under blackout conditions, in which the great city becomes a mysterious dark labyrinth.