The Jack of Diamonds

Cyril Raymond and Joan Carroll are broke. Instead of selling the yacht, they decide to lease it, and up comes Nigel Patrick with a yarn about some jewelry sunk off France. He offers them a third share, and they take him up on it.... but first they can't find it, and when they do, collecting is also a problem.

It's a nice light-hearted adventure story with very little depth and lots of double-crosses under the direction of Vernon Sewall. There's nothing in particular that's outstanding, but also nothing to say against it; and 65 minutes, it's entertaining enough to not leave your theater seat.

A couple, Cyril Raymond and Joan Carroll are down on their luck and decide to try and make some money by chartering their last remaining asset, a yacht.

They are approached by Nigel Patrick (who also co-wrote the screenplay his only such endeavor) who wishes to hire the boat to search for treasure.

It seems that when evacuating Belgium when it was being occupied in 1940 he had been entrusted with taking a family's jewels to safekeeping until the war was over.His boat was sunk with the jewels but he was able to get an accurate bearing before escaping.

From then on there are some twists and turns which keep the movie interesting until it's conclusion.

The whole of the movie is filmed on location which adds to the authenticity. The tape I watched ran 65mins.