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Plot

The Buccaneer's Girl of the title, played by Yvonne de Carlo, is Deborah McCoy, an entertainer who's been around a bit. While visiting New Orleans, Deborah falls in love with aristocratic Frederick Baptiste (Philip Friend), who turns out to be a pirate. Baptiste is basically a decent fellow: his piracy is aimed exclusively at the crooked shipowner who destroyed his father. Deborah is a bit more mercenary, hoping to marry into wealth by posing as a high-born lady. By the seventh reel, however, she's perfectly content to settle down with the raffish Baptiste. Though played tongue-in-cheek, Buccaneer's Girl never resorts to "camp": it invites the audience to laugh with the film, rather than at it.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Action
Run Time:
77min.
Director(s):
Frederick de Cordova
Starring:
Yvonne De Carlo , Phillip Friend , Robert Douglas , Elsa Lanchester , Andrea King
Themes:
Pirates,Social Climbing,Out For Revenge
Tone:
Humorous,Light,Stylized
Keywords:
alcoholism,bad-guy,boating,contest,damsel-in-distress,dating,entertainer,friendship,good-guy,hippie,loot,love,merchant,pirate [seafarer],prison,relationship,rescue,reunion,romance,songwriter,swashbuckler,tattoo,tour-of-duty,ugly