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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.
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.
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....
Davey Haggart, a young man who believes he is the son of a notorious highwayman, tries to follow in his footsteps. He faces obstacles from his childhood friend Annie, who wants to save his soul.
Jan 9, 2015 · Adapted from the fanciful death-row autobiography of the Scottish rogue David Haggart, though shot entirely in Ireland (a country Huston had grown to love), Sinful Davey provided John Hurt with his first starring role and found Huston working in a giddier, more playful register than he had in years.
Sinful Davey is a film based on a novel by James R. Webb, about a young man who wants to follow his rogue father's footsteps. The film stars John Hurt, Pamela Franklin, and Nigel Davenport, and is directed by John Huston.
