Contraband Love

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Contraband Love
Directed by Sidney Morgan
Written by Joan Morgan
Produced bySidney Morgan
Starring C. Aubrey Smith
Janice Adair
Haddon Mason
Production
company
British Screenplays
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • April 1931 (1931-04)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Contraband Love is a 1931 British crime film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring C. Aubrey Smith, Janice Adair and Haddon Mason. [1] It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios and on location in Cornwall. The film was distributed by the American studio Paramount Pictures as a quota quickie. [2]

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References

  1. Wood p.69
  2. Chibnall p.261

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