When the young lad cried at the top of the staircase, after killing off Basil Rathbone, Joan Fontaine realized that a life with a pirate was not for her. O brother, how corny could one get?
The really only good thing about this 1944 Daphne DuMaurier story is the clothes worn as well as those wigs the men wore. The set decorations are also quite good depicting an opulent period.
Unfortunately, the story here really isn't. Annoyed with her wealthy husband and his lack of concern when his friend, Basil Rathbone, who really didn't get the opportunity to be his usual sinister self, flirts openly with her, the Fontaine character flees to a remote island and finds love with the pirate raiding the coast.
All is lovely until her husband and Rathbone show up supposedly in search of the pirate.
Cecil Kellaway is excellent as the house servant, his devilish ways are clearly shown for his loyalty to the pirate.
The really only good thing about this 1944 Daphne DuMaurier story is the clothes worn as well as those wigs the men wore. The set decorations are also quite good depicting an opulent period.
Unfortunately, the story here really isn't. Annoyed with her wealthy husband and his lack of concern when his friend, Basil Rathbone, who really didn't get the opportunity to be his usual sinister self, flirts openly with her, the Fontaine character flees to a remote island and finds love with the pirate raiding the coast.
All is lovely until her husband and Rathbone show up supposedly in search of the pirate.
Cecil Kellaway is excellent as the house servant, his devilish ways are clearly shown for his loyalty to the pirate.