poster

1953

NR (04/12/1953) (GB)

Action, Adventure,

1h 31m

58

User Score

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

Overview

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.

1953

58

User Score

NR (04/12/1953) (GB)

Action, Adventure,

1h 31m

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

Overview

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.

Cast

Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson

Gilliatt

Maxwell Reed

Maxwell Reed

Rantaine

Denis O'Dea

Denis O'Dea

Lethierry

Arthur Wontner

Arthur Wontner

Baron de Baudrec

Gérard Oury

Gérard Oury

Napoleon

Larry Taylor

Larry Taylor

Blasquito

Keith Pyott

Keith Pyott

General Latour

Reed De Rouen

Reed De Rouen

Customs Man

Michael Mulcaster

Michael Mulcaster

Coastguard Skipper