In the Cornish village of Fowey lives Albert Pascoe (Donald Houston), a young fisherman who sometimes indulges in his favourite pastime of poaching.
One day he becomes involved with dangerous foreign agents from behind the Iron Curtain (Anton Diffring and Alan Cuthbertson).
This was one of the meatiest of doyenne actress Fay Compton’s latter-day roles as Albert’s mother, Alice (pictured).
As British B-movies go, it’s a pleasant, if unremarkable, time-waster with a surprisingly brutal fight at the climax between Houston and the baddies.
A young Robert Shaw has a very small part as a policeman named Ernest.
Albert Pascoe
Donald Houston Alice Pascoe
Fay Compton Dmitri Krassin
Anton Diffring Clifford
Allan Cuthbertson Anna Krassin
Delphi Lawrence Whiteway
William Hartnell Fred Trewin
John Blythe Harry Simms
Bruce Gordon Chief Constable
Frank Lawton Inspector Harris
Raymond Francis Rose
Ann Stephens Publican
Harry Towb Coastguard
Kenneth Cope Police Sergeant
Colin Douglas Ernest
Robert Shaw Langford
Toby Perkins Mrs Whiteway
Doris Yorke Mrs Trewin
Gene Anderson Mrs Simms
Mary Jones Jimmy Simms
Christopher Warbey Ken Simms
Brian Franklin Barmaid
Lucy Griffiths Dart Team Leader
Leonard Morris Mrs Ernest
Helena Pickard
Director
Anthony Squire
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As British B-movies go, it’s a pleasant, if unremarkable, time-waster with a surprisingly brutal fight at the climax between Houston and the baddies.
