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Sinful Davey is a 1969 picaresque adventure/crime/comedy film directed by John Huston and starring John Hurt, Pamela Franklin, and in early appearances Fionnula Flanagan and Anjelica Huston. John Huston later said the film was "very good" but "spoiled beyond recognition" by the producers.
Sinful Davey: Directed by John Huston. With John Hurt, Pamela Franklin, Nigel Davenport, Ronald Fraser. The humorous adventures of the notorious Scottish highwayman and thief Davey Haggart during the 1820s in Britain.
Dec 9, 2021 · The humorous adventures of the notorious Scottish highwayman and thief Davey Haggart during the 1820s in Britain.
Though his father received a death sentence for thievery, Davey Haggart (John Hurt) nevertheless wants to be a criminal too. He quits the military and starts carrying out small-time robberies....
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Davey (John Hurt), with new colleague McNab (Ronald Fraser), visits what he considers his family monument, and meets his old friend Annie (Pamela Franklin) from the orphanage, in John Huston's Sinful Davey, 1969.
Overview. Davey Haggart is quite certain of his paternity (even if nobody else is) and determined to emulate his father, a notorious rogue and highwayman. This includes breaking a man out of Stirling jail, holding up the stagecoach, and robbing the Duke of Argyll, among other feats.
Very light, picaresque adventure comedy directed by John Huston, inspired by the life of Scottish rogue and criminal Davey Haggart, who famously wrote his memoirs from his prison cell while awaiting execution.
