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The Crimson Pirate

Name: The Crimson Pirate
Director: Robert Siodmak
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Released: 1952
Rating: 7
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat, Eva Bartok, Torin Thatcher, James Hayter

Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the late 1700s. A light hearted adventure involving prison breaks, an oddball scientist, sailing ships, naval fights and tons of swordplay.

1952 · Directed by Robert Siodmak · 105 min · Adventure · Comedy · 8 frames

Tagline

MAN OF NINE LIVES AND 1000 SURPRISES!

Crew

Screenplay: Roland Kibbee
Cinematography: Otto Heller
Edited by: Jack Harris
Music: William Alwyn
Produced by: Harold Hecht, Burt Lancaster

Cast

Burt Lancaster as Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)
Nick Cravat as Ojo
Eva Bartok as Consuelo
Torin Thatcher as Humble Bellows
James Hayter as Prof. Elihu Prudence
Leslie Bradley as Baron Jose Gruda
Margot Grahame as Bianca
Noel Purcell as Pablo Murphy
Frederick Leister as Sebastian
Eliot Makeham as Governor

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Hecht-Lancaster Productions, Norma Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
Budget: $1,850,000
Themes: cannon, swordplay, revolution, protection, pirate, scientist, corrupt politician, swashbuckler, 18th century, sailing ship

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