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.
Sea Devils isn't a swashbuckler, but a spy adventure set in the Napoleon era with plenty of boats and the sea and coastal area and inns. It's quite entertaining with nice Technicolor, cinematography and a plot that swerves into each event seamlessly. It meanders just a tad, but not much, not with the inspired pairing of Rock Hudson and Yvonne DeCarlo. Maxwell Reed plays Rantaine, the oily villain of the piece. The last ten minutes are quite tense with our heroine being captured and then let go by the French in order to capture her rescuers. It's pleasant viewing all round.
Sea Devils isn't a swashbuckler, but a spy adventure set in the Napoleon era with plenty of boats and the sea and coastal area and inns. It's quite entertaining with nice Technicolor, cinematography and a plot that swerves into each event seamlessly. It meanders just a tad, but not much, not with the inspired pairing of Rock Hudson and Yvonne DeCarlo. Maxwell Reed plays Rantaine, the oily villain of the piece. The last ten minutes are quite tense with our heroine being captured and then let go by the French in order to capture her rescuers. It's pleasant viewing all round.