Contraband
1925 · 1h 32m · Directed by Alan Crosland
Drama
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Synopsis
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.
Cast
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
- Release date
- February 16, 1925
- Production
- Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
- Country
- United States of America
- Languages
- No Language