Night Creatures (original British title: Captain Clegg) is a 1962 Hammer film starring Peter Cushing, Derek Francis (who had a part in the 1970 Albert Finney Scrooge and whose last role -before his death at age 60 that same year- was in the 1984 George C. Scott A Christmas Carol) and Gordon Rollings (who was in The Bed-Sitting Room and A Hard Days Night). It is fairly faithfully based on the Dr. Syn novels and predates the Disney series The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, which came out the following year.
It may be a Hammer film, but it's not horror. It's the story of pirates, smugglers and an upright member of the community who is not who he seems to be. It's adventure and crime we're talking about here, and not horror or anything supernatural. This is a well-done and entertaining tale. I wonder that it's so little known.
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Classic-Horror.com calls this film "a Hammer Studios film on par with their well-known masterpieces." TCM and MSN have overviews. Reviews are not abundant.
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