The Secret Of St. Ives

Overview

A French soldier in the Napoleonic Wars plots his escape after he's captured and imprisoned in a castle fortress in Edinburgh, Scotland. Director Philip Rosen's 1949 film, adapted from a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, stars Richard Ney, Vanessa Brown, Henry Daniell, John Dehner, Douglas Walton, Aubrey Mather, Jean Del Val, Luis Van Rooten, Maurice Marsac and Billy Bevan.

Directed by Phil Rosen

Top cast

Richard Ney

Anatole de Keroual

Henry Daniell

Maj. Edward Chevenish

Vanessa Brown

Floria Gilchrist

Edgar Barrier

Sgt. Carnac

Aubrey Mather

Daniel Romaine

Luis van Rooten

Clausel

John Dehner

Couguelat

Paul Marion

Amiot

Douglas Walton

Allan St. Ives

Jean Del Val

Count St. Ives

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Phyllis Morris

Annie Gilchrist

Jimmy Aubrey

Guard (uncredited)

Billy Bevan

Douglas (uncredited)

Harry Cording

Innkeeper (uncredited)

Kernan Cripps

Recording Officer (uncredited)

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Guy De Vestel

Dubois (uncredited)

B

Betty Fairfax

Emily (uncredited)

Al Ferguson

Sergeant (uncredited)

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Alex Frazer

Swindow (uncredited)

Everett Glass

Priest (uncredited)

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