Sea Devils

Sea Devils
Original cinema poster
Directed by	Raoul Walsh
Produced by	David E. Rose
Screenplay by	Borden Chase
Story by	Borden Chase
Based on	Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo
Starring	Rock Hudson Yvonne De Carlo Maxwell Reed
Music by	Richard Addinsell
Cinematography	Wilkie Cooper
Edited by	John Seabourne Sr.
Production company	Coronado Productions
Distributed by	RKO Pictures
Release date	April 25, 1953 (1953-04-25) (UK) May 23, 1953 (1953-05-23) (US)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United Kingdom United States
Language	English

Sea Devils (1953) is a British–American historical adventure film, directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Rock Hudson, Yvonne De Carlo, and Maxwell Reed. The story is based on Victor Hugo's novel Toilers of the Sea which was the working title of the film. The scenes at sea were shot around the Channel Islands, and much of the rest of the film was shot on location in those islands as well.

The year is 1800, and Britain and France have been at war since 1798, in what later was to be known as the War of the Second Coalition. Gilliatt, a fisherman-turned-smuggler on Guernsey, agrees to transport a beautiful woman, Drouchette, to the French coast on his ship the Sea Devil. She tells him she hopes to rescue her brother from a French prison. Gilliatt finds himself falling in love and so feels betrayed when he later learns that Drouchette is a countess helping Napoleon plan an invasion of Great Britain. In reality, however, Drouchette is a British agent working to thwart this invasion. When Gilliatt learns this, he returns to France to rescue her, just as her true purpose has been discovered by the French.