Major John Peel returns to England, following Napoleon's Waterloo defeat, and renews his acquaintance with Lucy Merrall, but she tells him she is engaged to be married. He later learns that, Cravens, the man she is to marry already has a wife. He also learns that Craven cleaned out Lucy's father in a crooked gambling game, and Lucy is paying the price to hold the family home together.
John Garrick
Major John Peel
Winifred Shotter
Lucy Merrall
Stanley Holloway
Sam Small
John Stuart
Captain Moonlight / Captain Freeman
Leslie Perrins
Sir Charles Hawksley / Mr. Craven
Mary Lawson
Toinette
Charles Carson
Francis Merrall
Wilfrid Caithness
Latimer
Morris Harvey
Glover
Gabrielle Casartelli
Lizzie
Charles Eaton
O.B. Clarence
Ogleby
Director
Henry Edwards
Screenplay
H. Fowler Mear
Story
Charles Cullum
May 25, 2023
6
Right from the start, we realise that "Sir Charles Hawksley - aka "Craven"" (Leslie Perrins) is a bit of a bounder. Now that the Napoleonic wars are all but over, he is intent on returning home leaving "Toinette" (Mary Lawson) in the lurch. Luckily for her, gallant "Maj. Peel" (John Garrick) is on hand to rectify matters. Back in Britain with the war now ended, we discover that our protagonist is at it again - this time forcing the rather incompetent gambler "Merrall" (Charles Carson) to the brink of homelessness and bankruptcy. His price? Well he gets to marry his daughter "Lucy" (Winifred Shotter). Reluctantly, she agrees - but a chance encounter with the reputable "Peel" - who's has the odd scrape himself since returning - might just offer her a way out! It's a competently strung together tale of honour and chivalry that I felt needed just one thing - Tod Slaughter. He in the role of the deceitful, manipulative, baddie would have done the trick for me. Otherwise, this is all a rather weakly cast costume drama with the odd bit of action and one or two rather lengthy, though quite amusing, songs/monologues from the actual star of the thing - Stanley Holloway. I like the genre so it's my kind of film and I did quite enjoy it, it's just something that could have been a bit less wordy and a bit more lively.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00