While Davey wins the favor of the Duke and his family, McNab, Jean Carlisle, Annie, and Constable Richardson also converge on the estate at different times.

Davey sets up an elaborate robbery of guests at a grand ball hosted by the Duchess, but Annie then returns the stolen jewels.

But it's also an interesting document from Huston's tired period, showing what can happen when a great director and a major studio clash over a project that was probably fated from the beginning not to click.

Not that Sinful Davey is on a level with that other vastly enjoyable Huston joke The List of Adrian Messenger, an altogether smoother piece of work, but it does include the inevitable hunting scene.

Not that Huston or his scriptwriters have paid the slightest attention to plausibility; they seem to be content to recount Haggart's improbable adventures with gusto, and their enthusiasm has infected the cast, all of whom play with tremendous zest. ...

"[8] TV Guide says- "A good cast overcomes the somewhat heavy-handed direction of Huston in this Tom Jones-inspired comedy".