Captain Pirate is a 1952 American technicolor adventure film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina and John Sutton. The swashbuckler was based on the 1931 Rafael Sabatini novel Captain Blood Returns, and is a sequel to the 1950 film Fortunes of Captain Blood.[1] It was made and distributed by Columbia Pictures. This was the final film directed by Murphy.
| Captain Pirate | |
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| Directed by | Ralph Murphy |
| Screenplay by |
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| Based on | Captain Blood Returns by Rafael Sabatini |
| 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 |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editCaptain 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 Cartagena and word spreads on the island he was identified ad the leader making him look guilty. To prove otherwise he has to sail again.[2]
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
- Lester Matthews as Col. Ramsey
- Sven Hugo Borg as Swede
- Sandro Giglio as Don Ramon
Production
editFilming started August 7, 1951.[3]
References
edit- ^ Blottner, Gene (2011). "Captain Blood". Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486724.
- ^ "Captain Pirate (1952) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ Drama: Tay Garnett Plans 'The Dude' for Duke Wayne; Brown Adds Noted Actors Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 28 July 1951: 15.
External links
edit- Captain Pirate at IMDb
- Captain Pirate at the TCM Movie Database
- Captain Pirate at AllMovie
- Captain Pirate at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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