era ▁retired ▁from ▁the ▁race ▁following ▁terminal ▁problems ▁with ▁his ▁Com mod ore . ▁Set on ' s ▁campaign ▁went ▁up ▁in ▁smoke ▁as ▁his ▁Peter ▁Jackson ▁Fal con ▁caught ▁fire , ▁which ▁effectively ▁gave ▁S ka ife ▁a ▁clean ▁run ▁to ▁the ▁line . ▁S ka ife ▁was ▁the ▁vict or , ▁Per kins ▁in ▁second ▁and ▁Jim ▁Rich ards ▁in ▁third . ▁ ▁Championship ▁Stand ings ▁▁ ▁D ri vers ' ▁Championship ▁stand ings ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁Mall ala <0x0A> </s> ▁French man ' s ▁Creek ▁is ▁a ▁ 1 9 4 4 ▁advent ure ▁film ▁adaptation ▁of ▁the ▁D aph ne ▁du ▁Maur ier ▁novel ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name , ▁about ▁an ▁arist ocr atic ▁English ▁woman ▁who ▁falls ▁in ▁love ▁with ▁a ▁French ▁pir ate . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁released ▁by ▁Param ount ▁Pictures ▁and ▁star red ▁Joan ▁Font aine , ▁Art uro ▁de ▁C ór d ova , ▁Bas il ▁R ath bone , ▁Cec il ▁K ella way , ▁and ▁N ig el ▁Bruce . ▁Fil med ▁in ▁Techn icol or , ▁it ▁was ▁directed ▁by ▁Mitchell ▁Le isen . ▁The ▁musical ▁score ▁was ▁by ▁Victor ▁Young , ▁who ▁incorpor ated ▁the ▁main ▁theme ▁of ▁French ▁composer ▁Claude ▁Deb uss y ' s ▁Cla ir ▁de ▁L une ▁as ▁the ▁love ▁theme ▁for ▁the ▁film . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁is ▁a ▁mostly ▁faithful ▁adaptation ▁of ▁the ▁novel , ▁taking ▁place ▁during ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁Charles ▁II ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 1 7 th ▁century