MOVIES - PIRATES 1952

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
Director: Charles Lamont
Writers: Howard Dimsdale and John Grant
Cast: Bud Abbott [Rocky Stonebridge], Lou Costello [Captain 'Puddin' head' Feathergill], Charles Laughton [Capt. William Kidd], Hillary Brooke [Capt. Bonney], Bill Shirley [Bruce Martingale], Leif Erickson [Morgan], Fran Warren [Lady Jane]
Storyline: Rocky and Puddin' Head are waiting tables at an inn on Tortuga when a letter given them by Lady Jane for delivery to Martingale gets switched with a treasure map. Kidd and Bonney kidnap them to Skull Island to find said treasure. [70 min - Adventure | Comedy | Musical - English - Color (Supercinecolor) - USA - Woodley Productions Inc.]

Against All Flags (1952)

Director: George Sherman

Writers: Æneas MacKenzie (story and screenplay) and Joseph Hoffman (screenplay)

Cast: Errol Flynn [Brian Hawke], Maureen O'Hara [Prudence 'Spitfire' Stevens], Anthony Quinn [Capt. Roc Brasiliano], Alice Kelley [Princess Patma], Mildred Natwick [Molvina MacGregor], Robert Warwick [Capt. Kidd], Harry Cording [Gow], John Alderson [Jonathan Harris], Phil Tully [Jones], Lester Matthews [Sir Cloudsley]

Storyline: In 1700, the pirates of Madagascar menace the India trade; British officer Brian Hawke has himself cashiered, flogged, and set adrift to infiltrate the pirate "republic". There, Hawke meets lovely Spitfire Stevens, a pirate captain in her own right, and the sparks begin to fly; but wooing a pirate poses unique problems. Especially after he rescues adoring young Princess Patma from a captured ship. Meanwhile, Hawke's secret mission proceeds to an action-packed climax. [83 min - Action | Adventure | Drama - English - Color (Technicolor) - USA - Universal International Pictures (UI)] 

Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)

Director: Raoul Walsh

Writers: Alan Le May (screenplay) and DeVallon Scott (story)

Cast: Robert Newton [Edward Teach / Blackbeard], Linda Darnell [Edwina Mansfield], William Bendix [Ben Worley], Keith Andes [Robert Maynard], Torin Thatcher [Sir Henry Morgan], Irene Ryan [Alvina, a lady in waiting], Alan Mowbray [Noll], Richard Egan [Briggs], Skelton Knaggs [Gilly], Dick Wessel [Dutchman]

Storyline: Honest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard. In 1674, "reformed" pirate Sir Henry Morgan is a high official in Jamaica, but Edward Maynard hopes to win a large reward by proving Morgan still dabbles in piracy. Maynard goes undercover as ship's surgeon with a Morgan henchman... who's been supplanted by notorious Blackbeard himself. Also on the ship is Edwina Mansfield, seemingly a damsel in distress, to whom there's much more than meets the eye. [99 min - Adventure - English - Color (Technicolor) - USA - RKO Radio Pictures]

Captain Pirate (1952)

Director: Ralph Murphy

Writers: Rafael Sabatini (novel "Captain Blood Returns"), Robert Libott (screenplay), Frank Burt (screenplay) and John Meredyth Lucas (screenplay)

Cast: Louis Hayward [Capt. Peter Blood], Patricia Medina [Dona Isabella], John Sutton [Hilary Evans], Charles Irwin [Angus McVickers], Ted de Corsia [Capt. Easterling], Rex Evans [Gov. Henry Carlyle], Malú Gatica [Amanda], George Givot [Tomas Velasquez], Robert McNeeley [Manuelito], Nina Koshetz [Madame Duval], Lester [Col. Ramsey], Sven Hugo Borg [Swede]

Storyline: In 1690, years have passed since Captain Blood was pardoned by the Crown for his daring deeds against the Spanish on the Spanish Main, and he is living quietly on his plantation in the West Indies, practicing medicine and planning his marriage to Isabella. But his peaceful existence is shattered when Hilary Evans arrives and arrests him on a piracy charge. Somebody has been raiding the islands, and making it appear it was Captain Blood. In order to prove his innocence, Captain Blood has to sail again under the "Jolly Roger."  

[85 min - Action | Adventure | Romance - English - Color (Technicolor) - USA - Columbia Pictures Corporation]

Caribbean [aka Caribbean Gold] (1952)

Director: Edward Ludwig

Writers: Ellery H. Clark (novel "Carib Gold"), Frank L. Moss (screenplay), Ellery H. Clark and Edward Ludwig (screenplay)

Cast: John Payne [Dick Lindsay / Robert MacAllister], Arlene Dahl [Christine Barclay McAllister], Cedric Hardwicke [Captain Francis Barclay, as Sir Cedrick Hardwicke], Francis L. Sullivan [Andrew MacAllister], Willard Parker [Shively, MacAllister's Overseer], Dennis Hoey [Burford, Barclay's Lieutenant], Clarence Muse [Quashy], William Pullen [Robert MacAllister, Andrew MacAllister's nephew], Walter Reed [Evans, MacAllister's Foreman], Woody Strode [Esau, MacAllister Guard]

Storyline: Francis Barclay, a former member of the British Admiralty, who was captured in the early 1700s, and sold into slavery, by Andrew McAllister, and forced into piracy, enlists the aid of Dick Lindsay, to help him invade MacAllister's fortified island. The latter falls in love with MacAllister's daughter,Christine. Complications arise as the man thought to be a nephew of one man may not be, and the daughter one one man may be the other man's daughter.

[97 min - ction | Adventure | Romance - English - Color (Tecnicolor) - USA - Paramount Pictures, Pine-Thomas Productions]

Crimson Pirate, The (1952)

Director: Robert Siodmak

Writer: Roland Kibbee

Cast: Burt Lancaster [Capt. Vallo, The Crimson Pirate], Nick Cravat [Ojo], Eva Bartok [Consuelo], Torin Thatcher [Humble Bellows], James Hayter [Prof. Elihu Prudence], Leslie Bradley [Baron José Gruda], Margot Grahame [Bianca], Noel Purcell [Pablo Murphy], Dana Wynter [La Signorita, as Dagmar Wynter], Christopher Lee [Joseph - Military Attaché]

Storyline: After taking control on a British war ship Captain Vallo, the Crimson Pirate, sees a money-making opportunity. Aboard the British ship is Baron Jose Gruda who has been sent to the Caribbean to stop an independence movement led by someone named El Libre. Vallo's plan is to sell the ships store of guns and powder to El Libre and then double his money by telling Gruda who and where the rebel is to be found. Things don't go quite as planned after Vallo meets the beautiful Consuelo, who just happens to be El Libre's daughter. Vallo has a change of heart and fights with the rebels.

[105 min - Action | Adventure | Comedy - English - Color (Tecnicolor) - USA - Warner Bros. Pictures]

Golden Hawk, The (1952)

Director: Sidney Salkow

Writers: Frank Yerby (novel) and Robert E. Kent (screenplay)

Cast: Sterling Hayden [Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo], Rhonda Fleming [Captain Rouge], Helena Carter [Blanca de Valdiva], John Sutton [Captain Luis del Toro], Paul Cavanagh [Jeremy Smithers], Michael Ansara [Bernardo Díaz], Raymond Hatton [Barnaby Stoll], Alex Montoya [Homado]

Storyline: Kit Gerardo, also known as The Hawk, is one of Frances's most daring privateers, rescues Rouge from a Spanish ship. She is also a pirate, working to restore the fortune the French took from her. When Kit is captured by the governor of Cartagena, Luis del Toro, Rouge demands that he be hanged for piracy. Only one person knows it, but Kit is the governor's son.

[83 min - Action | Adventure | Romance - English - Color (Tecnicolor) - USA - Esskay Pictures Corporation]

Kidnapped (1952)

[TV Series - 30 min - Adventure - English - Black and White - USA - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)]

Director: Joy Harington

Writers: Joy Harington (adaptation) and Robert Louis Stevenson (novel)

Cast: John Fraser [David Balfour, 6 episodes], James McKechnie [Narrator, 6 episodes], Patrick Troughton [Alan Breck, 5 episodes], Willoughby Gray [Ebenezer Balfour, 3 episodes], John Rae [Gillie, 3 episodes]

Episode 1 cast overview: John Fraser [David Balfour], Willoughby Gray [Ebenezer Balfour], Duncan McIntyre [Rev. Colin Campbell], John Rae [The Hawes Inn landlord], Robert Dickens [Ransome], Rufus Cruikshank [Captain Hoseason], James McKechnie [Narrator]

Episode 2 cast overview: John Fraser [David Balfour], Patrick Troughton [Alan Breck], James McKechnie [Riach / Narrator], Robert Dickens [Ransome], Rufus Cruikshank [Captain Hoseason], Harry Lane [Shaun], Alastair Hunter [Sailor], Maurice Jones [Sailor], Russell Hunter [Sailor], Allan Scott [Sailor]

Episode 3 cast overview: John Fraser [David Balfour], Patrick Troughton [Alan Breck], Bruce Seton [Colin Campbell, Red Fox], James McKechnie [Beggar / Narrator], Jack Stewart [Macrob], John Rae [Old man], Alastair Hunter [Mungo], Mark Daly [Henderland], Blanche Fothergill [Old woman], Willoughby Gray [Blind catechist], Derek Tansley [Redcoat soldier], David Askey [Redcoat soldier]

Episode 4 cast overview: John Fraser [David Balfour], Patrick Troughton [Alan Breck], John Young [James Stewart], Kelty MacLeod [Mrs. Stewart], Shirley Hall [Stewart's daughter], 

Robert Scroggins [Stewart's son], Hugh Munro [Stewart's son], JameMcKechnie [John Breck / Narrator], Derek Tansley [Redcoat soldier], John Boyd-Brent [Redcoat soldier]

Episode 5 cast overview: John Fraser [David Balfour], Patrick Troughton [Alan Breck], Edward Forsyth [Cluny Macpherson], James McKechnie [Duncan Dhu Maclaren / Narrator], Vari Falconer [Mrs. Maclaren], Duncan McIntyre [Robin Oig], Douglas Rae [Gillie], John Rae [Gillie], Allan Scott [Gillie]

Episode 6 cast overview: John Fraser [David Balfour], Patrick Troughton [Alan Breck], Willoughby Gray [Ebenezer Balfour], Ian Sadler [Mr. Rankeillor], Kenneth McLelland [Torrence], 

Sheila Shand Gibbs [Maid], James McKechnie [Narrator]

Episode: 1. The House of Shaws, 2. The Brig Covenant, 3. Red Fox, 4. The Flight in the Heather, 5. The Quarrel, 6. Back to Shaws.

Mutiny (1952)

Director: Edward Dmytryk

Writers: Hollister Noble (story), Philip Yordan and Charles O'Neal (additional dialogue)

Cast: Mark Stevens [Capt. James Marshall], Angela Lansbury [Leslie], Patric Knowles [Capt. Ben Waldridge], Gene Evans [Hook], Rhys Williams [Redlegs], Robert Osterloh [Feversham, gunner], Peter Brocco [Sykes, gunner], Emerson Treacy [Council Speaker], Morris Ankrum [Capt. Radford], Todd Karns [Andrews, as Todd Karnes]

Storyline: Early in the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall is commissioned to run the British blockade and fetch an unofficial war loan from France. As first mate, Marshall recruits Ben Waldridge, a cashiered former British Navy captain. Waldridge brings his former gun crew... who begin plotting mutiny as soon as they learn there'll be gold aboard. The gold duly arrives, and with it Waldridge's former sweetheart Leslie, who's fond of a bit of gold herself. Which side is Waldridge really on? 

[77 min - Adventure - English - Color (Technicolor) - USA - King Brothers Productions]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tre corsari, I [aka Three Pirates, The] (1952)

Director: Mario Soldati

Writers: Emilio Salgari (novel "Il corsaro verde"), Franco Brusati, Ennio De Concini, Agenore Incrocci and Furio Scarpelli

Cast: Ettore Manni [Il Corsaro Nero - Enrico di Ventimiglia], Marc Lawrence [Van Gould], Barbara Florian [Isabella], Renato Salvatori [Il Corsaro Rosso - Rolando di Ventimiglia], Cesare Danova [Il Corsaro Verde - Carlo di Ventimiglia], Alberto Sorrentino [Agonia], Gualtiero Tumiati [Comte di Ventimiglia], Ignazio Balsamo [Van Stiller], Joop van Hulzen [Vice-roi de S.M.], Ubaldo Lay [Il carceriere Alvaro]

[88 min - Adventure - Italian - Black and White - Italy - Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica] 

 

 

 

Yankee Buccaneer (1952)

Director: Frederick De Cordova

Writers: Charles K. Peck Jr. (screenplay) and Charles K. Peck Jr. (story)

Cast: Jeff Chandler [Cmdr. David Porter], Scott Brady [Lt. David Farragut], Suzan Ball [Countess Margarita La Raguna], Joseph Calleia [Count Domingo Del Prado], George Mathews [Chief Petty Officer Link], Rodolfo Acosta [Poulini], David Janssen [Beckett], Joseph Vitale [Scarjack], Michael Ansara [Lt. Romero], James Parnell [Redell]

Storyline: Captain David Porter of the fledgling American Navy receives orders to masquerade as a privateer in order to corral some Caribbean pirates. A United States Navy ship in the first half of the 19th century, under the command of Captain David Porter, is expecting to put ashore after a year on the seas; but the arrival of one of Porter's ex-students, the willful and independent Lieutenant David Farragut, brings a new mission: to disguise the ship and crew as a pirate ship and help the Navy locate the criminals who have been robbing America's merchant fleet. But as Farragut's disobedience threatens the safety of the crew, they stumble upon an international conspiracy. 

[86 min - Adventure | History | Romance - English - Color (Tecnicolor) - USA - Universal International Pictures (UI)]