Frenchman's Creek

Based On the book by Daphne du Maurier

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.

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Release date:

1944

Director:

Mitchell Leisen

Cast:

Joan Fontaine, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Cecil Kellaway, David James

Genre:

Romance, Adventure, Drama, Pirate

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1944 in adaptations