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Release Date:
April 12, 1953
Original Title:
Sea Devils
Alternate Titles:
La belle espionne
Genres:
Action | Adventure
Production Companies:
Coronado Productions
RKO Radio Pictures
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 91
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.
Art Direction:
Wilfred Shingleton
Author:
Victor Hugo
Clapper Loader:
Humphrey Cull
Director:
Raoul Walsh
Director of Photography:
Wilkie Cooper
Editor:
John Seabourne Sr.
Focus Puller:
Jim Body
Makeup Artist:
Jim Hydes
Original Music Composer:
Richard Addinsell
Producer:
David E. Rose
Production Design:
Wilfred Shingleton
Scenic Artist:
Basil Mannin
Screenplay:
Borden Chase
Still Photographer:
Arthur Evans
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