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| Captain Pirate | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Ralph Murphy |
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| Based on | |
| Produced by | Harry Joe Brown |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr. |
| Edited by | Gene Havlick |
| Music by | George Duning |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Captain Pirate is a 1952 American Technicolor swashbuckler adventure film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina and John Sutton. The plot is based on the 1931 Rafael Sabatini short-story collection Captain Blood Returns, and the film is a sequel to Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950).[1]
Plot
[edit]Captain Blood is pardoned by the Crown for his crimes against Spain on the Spanish Main. By 1690, he is living in the West Indies on his plantation, where he practices medicine and is to be married to Isabella. He is arrested on a piracy charge after Cartagena is raided and false word spreads that he was the leader of the invasion. To prove himself innocent, he must sail again.
Cast
[edit]- Louis Hayward as Captain Peter Blood
- Patricia Medina as Dona Isabella
- John Sutton as Hilary Evans
- Charles Irwin as Angus McVickers
- Ted de Corsia as Captain Easterling
- Rex Evans as Governor Henry Carlyle
- Malú Gatica as Amanda
- George Givot as Tomas Velasquez
- Robert McNeeley as Manuelito
- Nina Koshetz as Madame Duval
- Ian Wolfe as Viceroy
- Lester Matthews as Col. Ramsey
- Sven Hugo Borg as Swede
- Sandro Giglio as Don Ramon
Production
[edit]Filming took place in August 1951.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Blottner, Gene (2011). "Captain Blood". Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486724.
- ↑ Schallert, Edwin (July 28, 1951). "Tay Garnett Plans 'The Dude' for Duke Wayne; Brown Adds Noted Actors". Los Angeles Times. p. 15.
External links
[edit]- Captain Pirate at IMDb
- Captain Pirate at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
- Captain Pirate at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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