Captain Pirate
Captain Pirate is a 1952 American adventure film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Louis Hayward. The swashbuckler was based on the 1931 Rafael Sabatini novel Captain Blood Returns. This was the final film directed by Murphy.
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| Directed by | Ralph Murphy |
| Produced by | Harry Joe Brown |
| Screenplay by | Robert Libott Frank Burt John Meredyth Lucas |
| Based on | Captain Blood Returns by Rafael Sabatini |
| Starring | Louis Hayward |
| Music by | George Duning |
| Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr. |
| Edited by | Gene Havlick |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
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. His new life is put in danger when he is arrested on a piracy charge after somebody raids the island making him look guilty. To prove otherwise he has to sail again.[1]
Cast
- 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
- Lester Matthews as Col. Ramsey
- Sven Hugo Borg as Swede
- Sandro Giglio as Don Ramon
Production
Filming started August 7, 1951.[2]
References
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044475/plotsummary/
- Drama: Tay Garnett Plans 'The Dude' for Duke Wayne; Brown Adds Noted Actors Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 28 July 1951: 15.
External links
- Captain Pirate at IMDb
- Captain Pirate at the TCM Movie Database
- Captain Pirate at AllMovie
- Captain Pirate at the American Film Institute Catalog
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