I Watch Films: Sea Devils (1953)
Sea Devils (1953) Gilliatt (Rock Hudson) is a fisherman turned smuggler in the British channel island of Guernsey in 1800. War with France has made his trade very profitable; to escape a revenue cutter he takes great risks, including distracting them by sailing past rival smuggler Rantaine while he’s unloading. Droucette hires him to take her to France, she claims to rescue her brother. However while making contact with his suppliers he learns she’s actually a French Countess; believing she’s been spying on the British he captures her and takes her back to Guernsey where he turns her over to the governor. However she’s actually actually a British spy impersonating the Countess, so the Governor sends Gilliatt away and then takes Rantaine out of prison to smuggle her back to France, hopefully before she’s missed. Gilliatt is having second thoughts, not wanting her to hang; when he sees her being put on board Rantaine’s boat he swims out to rescue her, but is knocked out. The...
