George Arliss makes his swansong as a wily old fox in an adaptation of Russell Thorndike's smuggling yarn which has to be the only book filmed by both Hammer Films and Disney.
The first film made in Britain by the ever reliable Roy William Neill, a succulent supporting cast includes Roy Emerton as Captain Collier swaggering about in gold braid, dear old Wally Patch trades in his bowler for a bosun's hat, fans of Will Hay will savour Graham Moffat as a resourceful choirboy rejoicing in the name Jerry Jerk with ambitions to become a hangman, while Wilson Coleman plays a character called - I kid you not - 'Dr Pepper'.
The first film made in Britain by the ever reliable Roy William Neill, a succulent supporting cast includes Roy Emerton as Captain Collier swaggering about in gold braid, dear old Wally Patch trades in his bowler for a bosun's hat, fans of Will Hay will savour Graham Moffat as a resourceful choirboy rejoicing in the name Jerry Jerk with ambitions to become a hangman, while Wilson Coleman plays a character called - I kid you not - 'Dr Pepper'.