St. Ives 1998

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St. Ives ★★½ Robert Louis Stevenson's St. Ives; All for Love 1998 (R)

During the Napoleonic Wars, dashing French officer, Captain Jacques St. Ives (Barr), is captured during battle and sent to a POW camp in the Scottish Highlands that is run by Major Chevening (Grant). St. Ives and the Major become friends but that doesn't mean that he won't try to escape, especially since Jacques has the aid of plucky lassie Flora (Friel). A leisurely paced costume romp. 90m/C VHS, DVD . GB Jean-Marc Barr, Anna Friel, Richard E. Grant, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gough, Jason Isaacs, Tim Dutton, Cecile Pallas; D: Harry Hook; W: Allan Cubitt; C: Robert Alazraki.

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