The Devil's Pass is a 1957 British drama film directed and written by Darcy Conyers and starring John Slater and Joan Newell.
Plot Hard-up Bill Buckle has had to sell his fishing boat. The new owners plan to wreck it in a dangerous channel called the "Devil's Pass", but Bil and a stowaway, Jim, manage navigate the abandoned boat through the channel and bring her home safely. With the salvage money Bill is finally able to marry his girlfriend Jan.
Cast John Slater as Bill Buckle Christopher Warbey as Jim Joan Newell as Nan Trewney Charles Leno as headmaster Joy Rodgers as kitchen maid Richard George as Ted Trelawney Archie Duncan as George Jolly Ewen Solon as Job Jolly Clem Listeras Grunt Jolly Peter Martyn as Mr. Smith Martin Wyldeck as young master Diana Hope as pretty girl Bart Allison as Watkins Frank Hawkins as man in pub Roger Slater as 1st. boy Jeremy Moray as 2nd boy Ernest Lister as Harry
Production It was produced at Kensington Studios in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ken Adam.
Reception The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Very well photographed (at Brixham, Devon) and including scenes at the British Seaman's Orphan Boys' Home, this is an unpretentious but agreeable film. Despite the limitations of heavy sentimentality and a rather stilted script, it has an unconventional and characteristic charm."
Picturegoer wrote: "All highly improbable."
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "agreeable most improbable. Shot in Brixham, Devon."
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