December 31 movie: Moonfleet. Stewart Granger is a jaded 18th century dandy mixed up with smugglers. He's also a cold-hearted son of a bitch, who ends up with an overly cute little boy on his hands. Sounds like it could be remade today, doesn't it? And it would star, let's see. George Clooney as the rakish dandy, and Owen Wilson as the supposedly endearing boy.
That movie would probably be a lot less dark than Moonfleet (though maybe not much funnier). I was expecting more of a comedic swashbuckler like Scaramouche. What the heck, I'll watch anything with Stewart Granger in it. His hair was in fine form, nice tall pompadour.
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