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Programme Information

In 19th-century Cornwall, a young woman visits her aunt only to discover she's residing in a haven for throat-slashing pirates.

Keywords:

Adventure, Crime, Drama, Based-on-Novel, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1939) (UK) (3 Star)

Cast:

Charles Laughton	.... Sir Humphrey Pengallan
Horace Hodges	.... Chadwick
Hay Petrie	.... Sam
Frederick Piper	.... Davis
Herbert Lomas	.... Sir Humphrey's tenant
Clare Greet	.... Mrs. Marney

Supporting Cast:

William Devlin	.... Sir Humphrey's tenant
Jeanne De Casalis
Mabel Terry-Lewis
A. Bromley Davenport
George Curzon
Basil Radford
Leslie Banks	.... Joss Merlyn
Marie Ney	.... Patience Merlyn
Maureen O'Hara	.... Mary

Directors:

Alfred Hitchcock

Writers:

Sidney Gilliat
Joan Harrison