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- Leonard Maltin awarded the film two and a half out of four stars, calling it "good fun with some scary moments."
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In 1776, a mulatto sailor is marooned on an island after assaulting the wife of pirate captain Nathaniel Clegg. By 1792, Clegg has supposedly been captured by the Royal Navy and hanged. His resting place is the coastal village of Dymchurch on the Romney Marsh .
4 days ago · The UK release followed on June 25, 1962. While marked as a “B” film, Captain Clegg is anything but “B.” Honestly, it reminds me of one of those live action Disney films that were really good during the same era. What we have here is at the heart a tale of a pirate captain with twists, turns, elements of horror under the guise of a secrecy.
Dark Night Films host Matt Spease reviews the classic Hammer Film Productions pirate adventure film Captain Clegg (1962), directed by Peter Graham Scott and starring Peter Cushing, Yvonne...
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Captain Clegg, or Night Creatures as it was known overseas by a less giveaway title, was a Hammer exploit in the historical adventure stakes, a remake of the nineteen-thirties George Arliss vehicle Dr. Syn. Although it has elements of a horror film, it's not really part of that genre; in spite of the spectres haunting the marshes and the ...
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Nov 13, 2013 · YEAR RELEASED: 1962. DIRECTOR: Peter Graham Scott. CAST: Peter Cushing, Yvonne Romain, Patrick Allen and Oliver Reed. REVIEW BY CARL SYKES. The film opens with the eponymous Captain Clegg overseeing the ‘trial’ of one of his crew members who is charged with attacking the Captain’s wife.
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Aug 12, 2005 · Captain Clegg, otherwise known as Night Creatures, is a Hammer Studios film on par with their well-known masterpieces. I can’t say much about the plot without releasing a spoiler, so I will simply say it involves illegal alcohol trading, grumpy British officers who look very much like pirates, and a herd of demons riding horses in the marsh.
Captain Clegg was one such film, and can now be enjoyed in all its glory after years of obscurity, thanks to this newly restored edition. 1792, and in the area of Dymchurch on the Romney Marshes, overlooking the seas to France, smugglers bring their bounty of wine and brandy to out-wit the hefty taxation laws.
