The Jack of Diamonds

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The Jack of Diamonds
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Directed by Vernon Sewell
Written byunconfirmed
Produced by Vernon Sewell
Walter d'Eyncourt [1]
Starring Nigel Patrick
Cyril Raymond
Joan Carroll
Darcy Conyers
Vernon Sewell
Cinematography Moray Grant
Music by Frank Spencer
Production
company
Vernon Sewell Productions
Distributed by Exclusive Films
Release date
  • 7 February 1949 (1949-02-07)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Jack of Diamonds is a 1949 British adventure film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Nigel Patrick, Cyril Raymond and Joan Carroll. [2] Its plot follows an ex-soldier who persuades some yacht owners to help recover a treasure chest of jewels he hid off the French coast in 1940 during the Second World War. Vernon Sewell filmed parts of the film on his own personal yacht. The film is today considered a lost film. [3]

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Plot

A once wealthy couple, Roger and Joan Keen, are forced to rent out their yacht, and are hired by a man named Alan Butler to transport him to the coast of France, to recover a chest of jewels which he hid there years before. A woman named Giselle winds up going with them, and she later claims that Alan stole those jewels from her. When they find the treasure, Alan sets the others adrift and steals their boat but he is captured after a chase, and Giselle winds up with the jewels.

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Critical reception

TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars, and wrote, "this well-paced effort takes full advantage of its characterizations and the high seas background." [4]

References

  1. ↑ Johnson, Tom (1996). Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography. North Carolina: McFarland. p. 34. ISBN 0-7864-0034-X.
  2. ↑ "BFI | Film & TV Database | JACK OF DIAMONDS (1949)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Johnson, Tom (1996). Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography. North Carolina: McFarland. p. 34. ISBN 0-7864-0034-X.
  4. ↑ "The Jack Of Diamonds Review". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 28 May 2014.


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