Frenchman's Creek

Although a remake of the 1944 classic with Joan Fontaine, and, like all remakes, falling short of the original magic, this is still a good story on which no bad film can be made. Anthony Delon is convincing enough as the romantic swashbuckling hero, but Tara Fitzgerald is the real actor here, completely dominating the drama by her superior and often impressing personality, never hesitating to deliver the right repartee and action. It's a woman's story and film, Daphne du Maurier excelled in female psychology, and Lady Dona's development here is fascinating to follow. To all this comes an excellent film score by Graham Preskett, dressing up the excellent cinematography and colours in dreams of spellbinding music, and all the other characters are excellent as well, especially Daniel Webb as William, actually more of a hero than Anthony Delon. In brief, this is great, thrilling, outstanding entertainment from beginning to end, and I don't think anyone could get disappointed.