Sea Devils
Seen it?1953 | 91 min | Action, Adventure
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Right up the alley of anyone after some adrenaline and anyone with a bit of wanderlust. Paris does a lot of the work, and it looks wonderful. A good follow-up to Treasure Island or Big Trouble in Little China.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Wastes no time getting going, at 1 hr 31 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1953: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you prefer quiet, talky stories.
Gilliatt, a fisherman-turned-smuggler on the isle of Guernsey, agrees to transport a beautiful woman to the French coast in the year 1800. She tells him she hopes to rescue her brother from the guillotine. Gilliatt finds himself falling in love and so feels betrayed when he later learns this woman is a countess helping Napoleon plan an invasion of England. In reality, however, the "countess" is an English agent working to thwart this invasion. When Gilliatt finds this out, he returns to France to rescue the woman who's true purpose has been discovered by the French.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 8K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Raoul Walsh
- Yvonne De CarloDroucette
- Rock HudsonGilliatt
- Maxwell ReedRantaine
- Denis O'DeaLethierry
- Michael GoodliffeRagan
- Bryan ForbesWillie
- Jacques BruniusFouche
- Ivor BarnardBenson
- Arthur WontnerBaron de Baudrec
- Gérard OuryNapoleon