![]() Eventually, the two land in prison, where Davey is able to break into the women's quarters and start a raucous party with the female prisoners, led by Jean Carlisle (Fidelma Murphy). Annie ( Pamela Franklin), a childhood friend who is in love with him, follows him at different times, sometimes getting him out of trouble but hoping that he will reform.ĭavey winds up becoming a partner with McNab ( Ronald Fraser), a pickpocket and thief, sometimes teaming up with other criminals. We learn that his father had been a highwayman who was hanged at the age of 21 for attempting to rob the Duke of Argyll ( Robert Morley) and that Davey is determined to exceed the number of his father's crimes. His story begins as he is seen marching and beating a drum for the British Army, but he quickly deserts by jumping off a bridge with his drum and floating away. Most of his story is told in flashback with voice-over narration by Davey. In a British prison in the early 1800s, Scottish rogue Davey Haggart ( John Hurt) is seen writing his memoirs while waiting to be hanged. John Huston later said the film was "very good" but "spoiled beyond recognition" by the producers. 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.
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