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The Secret Of St. Ives is a film of genre Action directed by Phil Rosen released in USA on 30 june 1949 with Richard Ney

The Secret Of St. Ives (1949)

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Released in USA 30 june 1949
Directed by
Genres Action,    Adventure,    Historical
Rating57% 2.8842052.8842052.8842052.8842052.884205

The Secret of St. Ives is a 1949 American historical adventure film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Richard Ney, Vanessa Brown and Henry Daniell. It is adapted from the 1897 novel St. Ives by Robert Louis Stevenson. During the Napoleonic Wars a French officer is captured and held as a prisoner in Britain. He manages to escape with the help of a local woman.

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Richard Ney

(Anatole de Keroual)
Henry Daniell

(Maj. Edward Chevenish)
Vanessa Brown

(Floria Gilchrist)
Edgar Barrier

(Sgt. Carnac)
Aubrey Mather

(Daniel Romaine)
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