Romance ·Adventure · United States of America · 1944 · 1h 52m

Frenchman's Creek

Director

Cast

Joan Fontaine as Dona St. Columb Arturo de Córdova as Jean Benoit Aubrey Basil Rathbone as Lord Rockingham Nigel Bruce as Lord Godolphin Cecil Kellaway as William Ralph Forbes as Harry St. Columb

Crew

George Barnes — Director of Photography Alma Macrorie — Editor Victor Young — Original Music Composer Talbot Jennings — Screenplay Daphne du Maurier — Novel Raoul Pene Du Bois — Costume Design

Tagline

In her elegant world...a lady of ice...in his world of adventure...a woman of fire!

Synopsis

An English lady falls in love with a French pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home on the coast of Cornwall and sweeps her off her feet into a world of adventure.

Mood & Themes

pirate

Key Collaborators

Mitchell Leisen Director George Barnes Director of Photography Alma Macrorie Editor Victor Young Original Music Composer Talbot Jennings Screenplay Daphne du Maurier Novel Raoul Pene Du Bois Costume Design

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