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Michael Powell Double Bill

on BBC Two England

Continuing a season in tribute to the great British film director.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Starring Roger Livesey Deborah Kerr
This superb British epic traces the life and loves of Clive Candy , VC, whose belief in 'clean fighting and honest soldiering' led him from the Boer War through the First World War and to the brink of the Second.
Writers/Producers/Directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and at 12.05am
Contraband
Starring Conrad Veidt Valerie Hobson
A spy thriller set against the London black-out of the Second World War.
The master of a neutral ship is delayed by British
Contraband Control. When two of his passengers disappear ashore he goes in pursuit.
Screenplay Emeric Pressburger Director Michael Powell
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Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Livesey
Unknown:
Deborah Kerr
Unknown:
Clive Candy
Directors:
Michael Powell
Unknown:
Conrad Veidt
Unknown:
Valerie Hobson
Director:
Michael Powell
Clive Candy:
Roger Livesey
Edith Hunter/Barbara Wynne/Angela Cannon:
Deborah Kerr
Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorf:
Anton Walbrook
Spud Wilson:
James McKechnie
Stuffy Graves:
Neville Mapp
Col Betteridge:
Roland Culver
Capt Anderson:
Conrad Veidt
Mrs Sorensen:
Valerie Hobson
Mate of SS 'Helvig'/Chef of 'Three Vikings:
Hay Petrie
Mr Pidgeon:
Esmond Knight

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