Malachi's Cove (1973)
In a stormy Cornish cove, two rivals face the power of nature—and the strength of friendship.
A tough young girl lives with her aging grandfather near a cove on the coast of Cornwall. She supports herself and him by gathering seaweed to sell as fertilizer. A cocky young neighboring boy decides to help her with the work.
- Date of release
- 1973-10-01
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Henry Herbert
Casting
- Donald Pleasence — Malachi
- David Bradley — Barty
- Veronica Quilligan — Mally
- Peter Vaughan — Mr. Gunliffe
- Lillias Walker — Mrs. Gunliffe
- Arthur English — Jack Combes
- David Howe — Jake Combes
- Kennaley Hoyle — Matt Combes
- John Barrett — Polwarth
- Alan Hockey — Dr. Petherick
- George Malpas — Mr. Eliot
- Meg Wynn Owen — Mally's mother
Interesting facts
Malachi's Cove is a 1974 British-Canadian coming-of-age period drama film directed by Henry Herbert and starring Donald Pleasence, Veronica Quilligan and Dai Bradley. It was written by Herbert based on the 1864 short story Malachi's Cove by Anthony Trollope.
Production
Jacquemine Charrott Lodwidge was the film's art director.
The film was made at Bray Studios and the location filming was carried out in Trebarwith Strand but most was in Clovelly.
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