Movie
The Crimson Pirate
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1952-09-27
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Hecht-Lancaster Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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. Prudence
- Leslie Bradley as Baron Jose Gruda
- Margot Grahame as Bianca
- Noel Purcell as Pablo Murphy
- Frederick Leister as Sebastian
- Eliot Makeham as Governor
- Frank Pettingell as Colonel
- Dana Wynter as La Signorita
Crew
- Robert Siodmak - Director
- Roland Kibbee - Screenplay
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