Fury at Smugglers' Bay
Fury at Smugglers' Bay is a 1961 British adventure film produced, written and directed by John Gilling and starring Peter Cushing, Bernard Lee, Michèle Mercier and John Fraser.[1] The plot revolves around smuggling in Cornwall. Studio sequences were filmed at Twickenham Film Studios in west London with the external sequences representing the coast of Cornwall actually being shot at Abereiddy on the north Pembrokeshire coast in south-west Wales.[2]
Fury at Smugglers' Bay | |
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Directed by | John Gilling |
Produced by | John Gilling |
Written by | John Gilling |
Starring | Peter Cushing Bernard Lee Michèle Mercier John Fraser |
Music by | Harold Geller |
Cinematography | Harry Waxman |
Edited by | John Victor-Smith |
Production company | John Gilling Enterprises |
Distributed by | Regal Films International (UK) |
Release date | March 1961 (UK) |
Running time | 92 mins |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Cast
- Peter Cushing as Squire Trevenyan
- Bernard Lee as Black John
- Michèle Mercier as Louise Lejeune
- John Fraser as Christopher Trevenyan
- William Franklyn as The Captain
- George Coulouris as François Lejeune
- Liz Fraser as Betty
- June Thorburn as Jenny Trevenyan
- Katherine Kath as Maman
- Maitland Moss as Tom, the butler
- Tommy Duggan as Red Friars
- Christopher Carlos as The Tiger, a pirate
- Miles Malleson as Duke of Avon
- Alan Browning as 2nd Highwayman
Critical reception
In the Radio Times, David Parkinson gave the film three out of five stars, and noted, "as Cushing suggested in his memoirs, this 1790s adventure is tantamount to an English western, with a saloon brawl, sword-wielding showdowns and a last-minute rescue. However, the peripheral characters are more subtly shaded, with Miles Malleson's comic nobleman and George Coulouris's abused outsider being particularly well realised." [3]
References
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057085/
- "BFI | Film & TV Database | FURY AT SMUGGLERS' BAY (1960)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
- "Fury at Smugglers Bay | Film review and movie reviews". Radio Times. Retrieved 11 April 2014.