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Midnight Movie: Frenchman's Creek

on BBC Two England

Starring Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Cordova, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce

Bored with seventeenth-century society life, Lady Dona St. Columb moves from London to her Cornish estate and finds love and adventure with a daring French pirate who has been using her house as his headquarters.
This film - lavishly equipped with gorgeous sets and elaborate costumes - is another of the many Daphne du Maurier novels adapted for the screen. Others include Jamaica Inn, Rebecca, and My Cousin Rachel.
(Colour)

Contributors

Screenplay:
Talbot Jennings
From the novel by:
Daphne du Maurier
Director:
Mitchell Leisen
Producer:
B.G. De Sylva
Dona St. Columb:
Joan Fontaine
Jean Benoit Aubery:
Arturo de Cordova
Lord Rockingham:
Basil Rathbone
Lord Godolphin:
Nigel Bruce
William:
Cecil Kellaway
Harry St. Columb:
Ralph Forbes
Edmond:
Harold Raymond
Pierre Blanc:
Billy Daniel

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