i like to think that after shoot this drek hitchcock leave for the usa one jump ahead of a mob of discern movie goer handicap by the huge amount of tar and feather they be carry . it the romantic in me . of course the truth be vastly different if unconvincing while hitch go on to become the idol of those who worship mediocrity and manage to dazzle truffaut ( and if ever two over inflated filmmaker deserve each other . ) . so and what of this and his last effort on british soil for a couple of decade . the glib answer be that hitch have no gift for period piece witness under capricorn and the big turkey since the one scrooge buy for tiny tim but that imply that he have a gift for something . lot of folk out there think so but it always prove elusive to these hard to please eye . charles laughton ham his way through the lion share and grudgingly allow the like of leslie bank and maureen ohara and the best actor in the movie and bobby newton and to get a look in . oh and yes and it about smuggler and set in a papier mache cornwall . easily pleased enjoy .