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About
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.
Theatrical
Sep 27, 1952
Budget
$1.9M
DVD / Blu-ray
Jul 1, 2003
Theaters
1
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Hecht-Lancaster Productions
Cast
Full credits →B
Burt Lancaster
Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)
N
Nick Cravat
Ojo
E
Eva Bartok
Consuelo
T
Torin Thatcher
Humble Bellows
J
James Hayter
Prof. Prudence
L
Leslie Bradley
Baron Jose Gruda
M
Margot Grahame
Bianca
N
Noel Purcell
Pablo Murphy
F
Frederick Leister
Sebastian
E
Eliot Makeham
Governor
F
Frank Pettingell
Colonel
D
Dana Wynter
La Signorita
C
Christopher Lee
Joseph (attache)
E
Ewan Roberts
Claw Paw
J
John Chandos
Stub Ear
D
Derek Tansley
Patch Eye
C
Charles Farrell
Poison Paul
