The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
In 1813, Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Hussar in the Napoleonic wars, is captured and sent to a Scottish prison camp. He's a swashbuckler, so the prison's commander, Major Farquar Bolingbroke Chevening, asks for lessons in communicating with women. Both men have their eyes on the lovely Flora, who resides with her aunt, the iconoclastic and well-traveled Miss Susan Emily Gilcrist. By chance, living close to the camp is Jacques's grandfather and brother, whom Jacques believes died years before. Jacques decides to escape, find his relatives, and win the hand of Flora; Major Chevening and an unforeseen enemy stand in his way. Can Miss Gilcrist contrive to make everything work out?
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
14 audience votes
Key crew
- Harry HookDirector
- Allan CubittWriter
- John E. KeaneOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jean-Marc BarrCaptain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves
- Miranda RichardsonSusan Gilchrist
- Chris McHallemGautier
- Richard E. GrantMajor Farquhar Chevening
- Anna FrielFlora Gilchrist
- Jason IsaacsAlain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
- Michael GoughComte de Saint-Yves
- Cécile PallasMathilde
- Tim DuttonFrançois
- Vernon DobtcheffBonnefoy
- Barney CraigLinlithgow
- Desmond BarritBiggerstaff