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Sea Devils

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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.

Release Date : 1953-04-12

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Coronado ProductionsRKO Radio Pictures

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Droucette

Original Name : Yvonne De Carlo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gilliatt

Original Name : Rock Hudson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rantaine

Original Name : Maxwell Reed

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lethierry

Original Name : Denis O'Dea

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ragan

Original Name : Michael Goodliffe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Willie

Original Name : Bryan Forbes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fouche

Original Name : Jacques Brunius

Gender : Male

Character Name : Benson

Original Name : Ivor Barnard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Baron de Baudrec

Original Name : Arthur Wontner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Napoleon

Original Name : Gérard Oury

Gender : Male

Character Name : Blasquito

Original Name : Larry Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name : General Latour

Original Name : Keith Pyott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Customs Man

Original Name : Reed De Rouen

Gender : Male

Character Name : A Gardener

Original Name : Andreas Malandrinos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coastguard Skipper

Original Name : Michael Mulcaster

Gender : Male

Character Name : Duprez

Original Name : Rene Poirier

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

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

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-06-29

With war raging on the continent, Guernsey fisherman "Gilliatt" (Rock Hudson) likes to engage in a bit of petty smuggling with his pal "Willie" (Bryan Forbes) constantly keeping one step ahead of the excise men. Then he encounters the enigmatic "Droucette" (Yvonne De Carlo) whom we know is on a secret mission from "Lethierry" (Denis O'Dea) to travel back to France so she can garner as much information as she can on the plans for further European expansion by Napoleon (Gérard Oury). "Gilliatt" comes to believe that she is a collaborator and though he is keen on her, he isn't so enthusiastic about her politics. He has to rethink though when he discovers not only the truth, but that she is now in considerable peril. Meantime, he has to keep an eye on the duplicitous "Rantaine" (Maxwell Reed) who also deals in some illicit goods - and he has no loyalty save to his paymaster. Can she make it back safely? Everyone here is just a little wooden. There's not really any chemistry between Hudson and De Carlo and though the espionage element of the plot does engender a little sense of menace, the film has a disappointing predictability about it all.