Captain Clegg

4/26/2020

Captain Nathaniel Clegg, Pirate, Hanged at Rye, 1776. Captain Clegg (AKA: Night Creatures) is a Hammer-Major production in Eastman Color, it's directed by Peter Graham Scott with a screenplay written by John Elder. It stars Peter Cushing, Yvonne Romain, Patrick Allen, Oliver Reed, Michael Ripper and David Lodge. Music is by Don Banks and cinematography by Arthur Grant. "The Romney Marshes-Flat And Desolate-Was The Land Of A Proud And-Independent People. Their Shores Faced The Shores Of France-And Many Was The Shipload Of Wine And Brandy Smuggled Across The Sea In Defiance Of The King's Revenue Men. Many Legends Have Come From This Corner Of England-But None So Widely Believed Or Widely Feared-As The Legend Of The Marsh Phantoms-Who Rode The Land On Dark Misty Nights And Struck Fear

11/21/2022

**_Mysterious adventure at a marsh village on the coast of England in the late 1700s_** A group of naval militants are sent by the Royal Crown to investigate rumors of smuggling at a coastal town in 1792, where whisperings of spooky “marsh phantoms” abound. Patrick Allen plays the humorless commanding officer of the King’s men while Peter Cushing stars as the genial pastor of the village. “Night Creatures” (1962) is an obscure Hammer production originally called “Captain Clegg” based on the first book in Russell Thorndike's Doctor Syn series – “A Tale of Romney Marsh," which was published in 1915. The title “Night Creatures” is a misnomer while “Captain Clegg” doesn’t work for reason I can’t explain. The working title “The Curse of Captain Clegg” would’ve been more fitting. In a

11/19/2024

Peter Cushing is super as "Dr. Blyss" in this period mystery as the erudite and charming vicar by day, but the leader of a gang of smugglers by night. "Captain Collier" Patrick Allen is sent to investigate these illegal goings on with a troop of soldiers, and they engage in a enjoyable cat-and-mouse game as Allen tries to discover the leader of the smugglers, and also to lay to rest the myth about "Captain Clegg" - a nefarious pirate reputedly hanged at Tyburn years earlier. It's got a cracking supporting cast - Michael Ripper, Oliver Reed, Martin Benson with Derek Francis ably playing the bumbling local squire and Yvonne Romain as the "serving wench"; with plenty of colour, humour and adventure - well worth a watch.