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Sea Devils

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5.8/10 • 22

1953-04-121h 31m

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Six-Feet-Four of fighting Man ... to Tame a Wildcat Beauty !

Gilliatt, a fisherman-turned-smuggler on the isle of Guernsey, agrees to transport a beautiful woman to the French coast in the year 1800. She tells him she hopes to rescue her brother from the guillotine. Gilliatt finds himself falling in love and so feels betrayed when he later learns this woman is a countess helping Napoleon plan an invasion of England. In reality, however, the "countess" is an English agent working to thwart this invasion. When Gilliatt finds this out, he returns to France to rescue the woman who's true purpose has been discovered by the French.

Directors
Raoul Walsh
Editors
John Seabourne Sr.

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  1. Yvonne De Carlo

    Yvonne De Carlo

    Droucette

  2. Rock Hudson

    Rock Hudson

    Gilliatt

  3. Maxwell Reed

    Maxwell Reed

    Rantaine

  4. Denis O'Dea

    Denis O'Dea

    Lethierry

  5. Michael Goodliffe

    Michael Goodliffe

    Ragan

  6. Bryan Forbes

    Bryan Forbes

    Willie

  7. Jacques Brunius

    Jacques Brunius

    Fouche

  8. Ivor Barnard

    Ivor Barnard

    Benson

  9. Arthur Wontner

    Arthur Wontner

    Baron de Baudrec

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John Chard

Apr 5, 2014

6/10

I was a toiler on the sea. Sea Devils is directed by Raoul Walsh and written by Borden Chase. It stars Rock Hudson, Yvonne De Carlo, Maxwell Reed, Denis O’Dea, Michael Goodlife and Bryan Forbes. Music is by Richard Addinsell and cinematography by Wilkie Cooper. "Guernsey in the Channel Islands near the coast of France in the year 1800, where fishermen, prevented by war from following their usual livelihood, turned to other occupations..." That occupation is of course smuggling, which lends one to think that Sea Devils is about to buckle our swash with a tale of derring do on the high seas. Unfortunately it doesn’t pan out that way, for the pic is essentially a spy adventure set partly at sea that involves Hudson and De Carlo going backwards and forwards between England and France. They bicker, they swoon, she looks sexy, he takes his shirt off, he makes dumb decisions (he’s no dashing hero type here) and she does her bit for King and Country as she hopes to stop Napoleon in his watery tracks. It’s nicely colourful, the costuming adequate and the cast are fun to watch. But Walsh lets the film meander at times and it never really amounts to being more than a dressed up time filler of a movie. 6/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Keywords
francesmuggling (contraband)english channelkidnappingpiratenapoleonic wars