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Contraband (1925)

★ 8.0/10 92 min Drama United States English
Director: Alan Crosland
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

Lois Wilson
Lois Wilson Carmel Lee
Noah Beery
Noah Beery Deputy Jenney
Raymond Hatton
Raymond Hatton Launcelot Bangs
Raymond McKee
Raymond McKee Evan B. Pell
Charles Ogle
Charles Ogle Sheriff Churchill
Luke Cosgrave
Luke Cosgrave Tubal
Edwards Davis
Edwards Davis Abner Fownes
Johnny Fox Simmy

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