Sea Devils is a 1953 colour British–American historical adventure film, directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Rock Hudson, Yvonne De Carlo, and Maxwell Reed.

The story is based on Victor Hugo's novel Toilers of the Sea which was the working title of the film.

Gilliatt, a fisherman-turned-smuggler on Guernsey, agrees to transport a beautiful woman, Drouchette, to the French coast on his ship the Sea Devil.

Gilliatt finds himself falling in love and so feels betrayed when he later learns that Drouchette is a countess helping Napoleon plan an invasion of Great Britain.

Not knowing this, and believing her a French spy, Gilliat kidnaps her and takes her back to Guernsey.

Douchette stops short of telling him the truth but kisses him and says she loves him just before she disembarks in France.

Anchored slightly off the coast Douchette swims the final 100m and goes back to the bed she was kidnapped from.

Fouche discovers that all the staff at the chateau were replaced just before the Countess (Douchette) arrived.

The film was originally titled Toilers of the Sea, from the novel by Victor Hugo which formed the basis of Borden Chase's screenplay.

[7] The film was made by a British independent company, Coronado Productions, belonging to producer David Rose.

[7] She was replaced by Yvonne De Carlo, whose casting meant she had to postpone a film she was going to make for Edward Small, Savage Frontier.

[11] Walsh fell into the sea during shooting one scene and had to take two days off to recover.