Contraband
1925, English. Directed by Alan Crosland.
After inheriting a newspaper in a small country town, Carmel Lee leaves her home in the city to take charge of it. She soon discovers that the town is terrorized by a band of bootleggers, who abduct and later kill the local sheriff. With the aid of Professor Pell, who has been recently fired as school superintendent, Carmel makes a public issue of the sheriff's murder, editorializing in her paper for justice and reform. Pell and Carmel are kidnapped by the bootleggers, but Carmel escapes and alerts the police. The bootleggers are arrested, the sheriff's murder in solved, and Abner Fownes, a politician and one of the town's leading citizens, is uncovered as the leader of the gang.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Alan CroslandDirector
- Lois WilsonCarmel Lee
- Noah BeeryDeputy Jenney
- Raymond HattonLauncelot Bangs
- Raymond McKeeEvan B. Pell
- Charles OgleSheriff Churchill
- Luke CosgraveTubal
- Edwards DavisAbner Fownes
- Johnny FoxSimmy
- Victor PotelGeorge Bogardus
- Alphonse EthierJared Whitfield
- Cesare GravinaPee Wee Bangs
- Lillian LeightonMrs. Churchill
Details
- Released
- 16 February 1925
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Jack Cunningham, Clarence Budington Kelland
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Contraband (1925) was directed by Alan Crosland and stars Lois Wilson, Noah Beery, Raymond Hatton.