Night Creatures (1962)

Can the local legend of mysterious "Marsh Riders" help kindly vicar Peter Cushing keep safe his charity driven wine smuggling operation, now that The Kingsmen have come to town looking for tariff avoiders? Or are people of the 1790's too sophisticated to fall for that kind of thing? And what of Captain Clegg, the mysterious pirate buried in the church yard? Or rakish Oliver Reed, the squires son and his love for the busty serving wench Imogene (Yvonne Romain, whose accent was such that I surprised to learn that she was born in England)? This Hammer Studios production struck me a bit for its relative originality and complexity of plot. **1/2