Fury at Smuggler's Bay (1961)

Squire Trevenyan (Peter Cushing), a magistrate in 18th century Cornwall becomes entangled with a dangerous gang of shipwreckers led by the brutal Black John (Bernard Lee). In attempting to stop the wreckers one evening, his son Christopher (John Fraser) kills one of the men. He feels that his testimony to their actions is enough to put the whole gang in chains, yet his father is reluctant to do so and instead ushers his son away to London. Black John has a hold over the squire that he is reluctant to admit and it takes a dashing highwayman known as the Captain (William Franklyn) to finally set things right and stop the wreckers. Fury at Smugglers' Bay was a British production released in 1961. Swashbuckling films were not too common in the early 1960s, especially British-made ones, so this film was well-received upon its release. Director John Gilling did an excellent job of keeping the story engaging with taut direction, beautiful location shooting (with Wales taking the place of…