Frenchman's Creek (1944)
Frenchman's Creek (1944)
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Cast & Crew.
Joan Fontaine
Dona St. Columb
Arturo de Córdova
Jean Benoit Aubrey
Basil Rathbone
Lord Rockingham
Nigel Bruce
Lord Godolphin
Cecil Kellaway
William
Ralph Forbes
Harry St. Columb
Harald Maresch
Edmond (as Harald Ramond)
Billy Daniel
Pierre Blanc (as Billy Daniels)
Moyna MacGill
Lady Godolphin
Patricia Barker
Henrietta
David James
James
Phyllis Barry
Woman in Gaming House (uncredited)
George Barton
Pirate Crewman (uncredited)
Bunny Beatty
Alice (uncredited)
Noble Blake
Pirate Crewman (uncredited)
David Cavendish
Guest (uncredited)
Bob Clark
Pirate Crewman (uncredited)
Neal Clisby
Pirate Crewman (uncredited)
David Clyde
Martin - Coachman (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
Thomas (uncredited)
Edward Cooper
Croupier (uncredited)
Leslie Denison
John Nankervis (uncredited)
Patrick Desmond
Pirate Crewman (uncredited)
James Dime
Pirate Crewman (uncredited)
Harvey Easton
Pirate Crewman (uncredited)
Henry A. Escalante
Pirate Crewman (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
Jail Guard (uncredited)
Mary Field
Prue (uncredited)
Art Foster
Pirate Crewman (uncredited)
Vincent Gironda
Pirate Crewman (uncredited)
Arthur Gould-Porter
Thomas Eustick (uncredited)
Denis Greene
Philip Rashleigh (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Cornish Man (uncredited)
Keith Hitchcock
Watchman (uncredited)
Leyland Hodgson
Guest (uncredited)
Kenneth Hunter
Guest (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin
Guest (uncredited)
Charles Irwin
Zachariah Smith (uncredited)
Jerry James
Pirate (uncredited)
Jacques Karre
Pirate Crewman (uncredited)
Alice Kirby
Bit Role (uncredited)
George Kirby
Dr. Williams (uncredited)
Fred Kohler Jr.
Pirate (uncredited)
Louise La Planche
Bit Role (uncredited)
John Latito
Pirate Crewman (uncredited)
Doris Lloyd
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Charles Mayon
Bit Role (uncredited)
Arthur Mulliner
Guest (uncredited)
Frederic Nay
Bit Role (uncredited)
Paul Oman
Luc (uncredited)
Marcella Phillips
Bit Role (uncredited)
Allen Pinson
Pirate Crewman (uncredited)
Hal Rand
Bit Role (uncredited)
Gordon Richards
Guest (uncredited)
Victor Romito
Pirate Crewman (uncredited)
Ronald R. Rondell
Pirate Crewman (uncredited)
John Roy
Pirate Crewman (uncredited)
Albert Ruiz
Bit Role (uncredited)
Charles Schaeffer
Pirate Crewman (uncredited)
Leonard St. Leo
Pirate (uncredited)
Sammy Stein
Pirate Crewman (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson
Jail Guard (uncredited)
Armand Tanny
Pirate Crewman (uncredited)
Evan Thomas
Robert Penrose (uncredited)
David Thursby
Ostler (uncredited)
Betty Walker
Bit Role (uncredited)
Audrey Westphal
Bit Role (uncredited)
Constance Worth
Woman in Gaming House (uncredited)
Mitchell Leisen
Director
Daphne du Maurier
Novel
Raoul Pene Du Bois
Costume Design
Alma Macrorie
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 20, 1944
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Frenchman's Creek is a 1944 adventure film adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1941 novel of the same name, about an aristocratic English woman who falls in love with a French pirate. The film was released by Paramount Pictures and starred Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Córdova, Basil Rathbone, Cecil Kellaway, and Nigel Bruce. Filmed in Technicolor, it was directed by Mitchell Leisen. The musical score was by Victor Young, who incorporated the main theme of French composer Claude Debussy's Clair de Lune as the love theme for the film.
The film is a mostly faithful adaptation of the novel, taking place during the reign of Charles II in the mid-17th century, mostly in the Cornish region of England.
Fontaine was under contract to independent producer to David O. Selznick, who loaned out his contract players to other studios. In this case, Fontaine was loaned to Paramount for this lavish production. She later complained about her work with director Leisen and some of her costars. The film's budget of $3.6 million made it Paramount's most expensive production up to that time.
Cast members Rathbone and Bruce were known for appearing together as Holmes and Watson, respectively, in the Sherlock Holmes films by Universal Studios. Frenchman's Creek was their only on-screen collaboration besides the Holmes films.
The film was released as an on demand DVD August 28, 2014 (Amazon); and has been shown on American Movie Classics and Turner Classic Movies.