The Secret of St. Ives (1949)
Long before he became a highly respected Wall Street financial adviser, Richard Ney was a minor-league film star. In Secret of St. Ives, Ney plays Anatole de Keroual, the unofficial head of a group of French prisoners during the Napoleonic Wars. Organizing an escape from his British captors, Anatole leads his fellow prisoners to Scotland, thence to London. Doggedly pursued by nasty British major Chevenish (Henry Daniell), Anatole is recaptured and sentenced to hang. How he wriggles out of this dilemma is the dramatic thrust of the film's last reel. Vanessa Brown co-stars as Floria, Anatole's British sweetheart. The Secret of St. Ives was adapted from a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Richard Ney, Vanessa Brown, (more)
- Director(s):
- Phil Rosen
Synopsis of The Secret of St. Ives
Long before he became a highly respected Wall Street financial adviser, Richard Ney was a minor-league film star. In Secret of St. Ives, Ney plays Anatole de Keroual, the unofficial head of a group of French prisoners during the Napoleonic Wars. Organizing an escape from his British captors, Anatole leads his fellow prisoners to Scotland, thence to London. Doggedly pursued by nasty British major Chevenish (Henry Daniell), Anatole is recaptured and sentenced to hang. How he wriggles out of this dilemma is the dramatic thrust of the film's last reel. Vanessa Brown co-stars as Floria, Anatole's British sweetheart. The Secret of St. Ives was adapted from a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Secret of St. Ives
- Richard Ney - Anatole de Keroual
- Henry Daniell - Maj. Edward Chevenish
- Aubrey Mather - Daniel Romaine
- John Dehner - Couguelat
- Douglas Walton - Allan St. Ives
- Phyllis Morris - Annie Gilchrist
- Harry Cording - Innkeeper
- Tom Stevenson - Flint
- Charles Andre - Rene
- Vanessa Brown - Floria Gilchrist
- Edgar Barrier - Sgt. Carnac
- Luis Van Rooten - Clausel
- Paul Marion - Amiot
- Jean del Val - Count St. Ives
- Maurice Marsac - Portuguese Joe
- Alex Frazer - Swindow
- Billy Bevan - Douglas
- Guy DeVestal - Dubois
- Director(s):
- Phil Rosen
- Writer(s):
- Eric Taylor
- Producer(s):
- Rudolph C. Flothow
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