MOVIES - PIRATES 1954

• Black Pirates, The (1954)

• Captain Hareblower (1954)

• Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954)

• Corsaires du Bois de Boulogne, Les [aka Pirates of the Bois du Bologne, The] (1954)

• Jolanda la figlia del corsaro nero [aka Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair] (1954)

• Long John Silver (1954)

• Misteri della giungla nera, I [aka Mysteries of the Black Jungle] (1954)

• Return to Treasure Island (1954)

• Ship A-Hooey (1954)

• Vendetta dei Tughs, La [aka Black Devils of Kali] (1954)

• Yankee Pasha (1954)

Black Pirates, The (1954)
Director: Allen H. Miner
Writers: Fred Freiberger, Johnston McCulley (story "El Turbellino") and Al C. Ward

Cast: Anthony Dexter [Capt. Zargo], Martha Roth [Juanita], Lon Chaney Jr. [Padre Felipe, as Lon Chaney], Robert Clarke [Manuel Azaga], Víctor Manuel Mendoza [Castro], Toni Gerry [Carlotta Luisa Maria Viego], Alfonso Bedoya [Garza], Jorge Treviño, Francisco Reiguera, Eddie Dutko [Little Dog, as Edward Dutko], Clai Simmons, Laura Roth, Jerry St. John                 

Storyline: Pirates searching for treasure take over a small town in Central America where they believe the loot is buried, but discover that a church has been built over the spot. They force the townspeople to dig for it, but there are more surprises in store for them than they counted on. Dexter heads a band of pirates who land in a sleepy Mexican village. A buried treasure is rumored to be somewhere in the vicinity, and the pirates want to get their grimy mitts on it. They enslave the villagers and force them to dig for the treasure. 

[74 min - Adventure - English - Color (Anscocolor) - USA | Mexico | El Salvador - Salvador Films Corp.] 

 

 

Captain Hareblower (1954)

Director: Friz Freleng
Writer: Warren Foster (story)
Stars: Bugs Bunny / Yosemite Sam / Captain / Crewmen 
Storyline: Bugs will not bend to the threats of Pirate (Yosemite) Sam. Pirate Yosemite Sam spots another ship and demands its surrender. All of the crewmen abandon ship after they exclaim in horror of "Pirate Sam", leaving only Bugs Bunny, a stowaway in a box full of carrots, who finds "Pirate Sam" does not sound very intimidating. Bugs then looks at the other ship. Sam said to surrender. Bugs refuses to give up (having "never hoid the woid" before) and a battle ensues ("So you'll have to try and take this ship!"). 
[7 min - Family | Animation | Short - English - Color (Technicolor) - USA - Warner Bros. Pictures]

Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954)
Director: Lew Landers
Writers: Aubrey Wisberg and Jack Pollexfen
Cast: Anthony Dexter [Capt. William Kidd], Eva Gabor [Judith Duvall, the Slave Girl], Alan Hale Jr. [Jay Simpson], James Seay [The Earl of Bellomont], Richard Karlan [Capt. Avery], Noel Cravat [L'ollinaise], Lyle Talbot [Capt. Pace], Sonia Sorrell [Anne Bonney], Michael Ross [Blackbeard, as Mike Ross], Jack Reitzen [Bartholomew], Robert Long [Calico Jack], William Cottrell [Roberts, as Bill Cottrell], William Tannen [Steve Castle, as Bill Tannen], John Crawford [Bonnett]
Storyline: Anthony Dexter - bare-chested most of the film with the smoldering nostrils from "Valentino" as "Captain Kidd" is saved from hanging by an Earl who wants to get his hand on Kidd's treasure. The Earl thinks the best method is to put a woman confederate (Jeanine Duvall) aboard Kidd's ship as a slave girl to wrest or wrestle the information from him. They fight a lot as a prelude to falling in love, and then work together against the evil Earl's none-too-well laid plan. Alan Hale, Jr. (Simpson) is along as Kidd's trusted friend, while Sonia Sorrell (as Ann Bonney) displays a lot of what the best-undressed female pirate wasn't wearing on pirate ships of the time. 
[82 min - Adventure | Action - English - Color - USA - Edward Small Productions, Superior Pictures] 

 

 

 

Corsaires du Bois de Boulogne, Les [aka Pirates of the Bois du Bologne, The] (1954) 
Director: Norbert Carbonnaux
Writer: Norbert Carbonnaux
Cast: Raymond Bussières [Hector Colomb], Annette Poivre [Adèle], Christian Duvaleix [Cyprien], Véra Norman [Caroline Grossac], Denise Grey [Mme. Grossac], Jean Ozenne [Marcel Grossac], 
Louis de Funès [Le commissaire], Sophie Sel [Une domestique des 'Grossac'], Jack Ary [L'agent de police, as Jacques Ary], Mario David [L'athlète qui court au mois], Jess Hahn [Le marin américain], Olga Sminsky, Monique Dutot, Antonio Longari
Storyline: Les Corsaires du Bois de Boulogne (Pirates of the Bois de Bouglogne) can't possibly be taken seriously, but that was the filmmakers' intention. Marginally based on a true story, the film is predicated on a misfire publicity stunt. A street singer, his sweetheart and his best friend cook up a phony shipwreck, hoping to attract attention--and job offers--to themselves. Conspiring with the trio are a wealthy girl and her fun-loving father. Practically everything goes wrong, and soon the singer and his three young companions are bobbing up and down on a raft in the middle of the ocean. It all ends happily, of course, with plenty of chucklesome complications along the way.
[77 min - Comedy - French - Black and White - France - Pécéfilms]

 

 

 

Jolanda la figlia del corsaro nero [aka Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair] (1954) 
Director: Mario Soldati
Writers: Emilio Salgari (novel "La figlia del corsaro nero"), Ennio De Concini (screenplay), Franco Brusati (screenplay, uncredited), Ivo Perilli (screenplay) and Mario Soldati (screenplay, uncredited)
Cast: May Britt [Jolanda], Marc Lawrence [Van Gould], Renato Salvatori [Ralf, figlio di Morgan], Barbara Florian [Consuelo di Medina], Guido Celano [Morgan, il pirata], Ignazio Balsamo [Van Stiller], Alberto Sorrentino [Agonia], Umberto Spadaro [Padre putativo di Jolanda], Joop van Hulzen [Sir Bendix], Domenico Serr [Ramon], Marga Cella [Maria], Amedeo Dejana [Maestro Inferno, as Amedeo Deiana], Gianni De Montero [Tenente spagnolo], Gianni Luda [Altro tenente spagnolo], Ettore Jannetti [Capitano spagnolo]
[95 min - Adventure - Italian - Black and White - Italy - Lux Film]  

 

 

Long John Silver (1954)

Director: Byron Haskin
Writers: Martin Rackin and Robert Louis Stevenson (characters)
Cast: Robert Newton [Long John Silver], Connie Gilchrist [Purity Pinker], Lloyd Berrell [Capt. Mendoza, 'El Toro'], Grant Taylor [Patch], Rod Taylor [Israel Hands, as Rodney Taylor], Harvey Adams [Sir Henry Strong], Muriel Steinbeck [Lady Strong], Henry Gilbert [Billy Bowlegs], John Brunskill [Old Stringley], Eric Reiman [Lanky pirate]
Storyline: In this sequel to Treasure Island, Long John hopes to rescue his friend Jim from a rival pirate and return for more treasure. After the Treasure Island adventure, Long John Silver turns up on a British Caribbean island, where he hears that rival pirate Mendoza has taken the ship carrying the governor's daughter... and his young friend Jim Hawkins. Naturally, there's more to his rescue plan than meets the eye; he hopes to get a new ship and go back for more treasure... 
[106 min - Action | Adventure | Drama - English - Color - Australia | USA - Distributors Corporation of America (DCA), Treasure Island Pictures Pty. Ltd.] 

 

 

 

 

Misteri della giungla nera, I [aka Killers of the East] (1954) 

Directors: Gian Paolo Callegari and Ralph Murphy
Writers: Gian Paolo Callegari (as G.P. Callegari), Piero De Bernardi and Emilio Salgari (novel)
Cast: Lex Barker [Tremal Naik], Fiorella Mari [Ada McPherson, as Jane Maxwell], Luigi Tosi [Captain Maffertis], Paul Muller [Suyodhana], Jack Rex [Aghur], Pamela Palma [Ada, as a Young Girl], Enzo Fiermonte [Sgt. Clarence], Raf Pindi [Urthi], Carla Calò [Solima], Franco Balducci [Kammamuri]
Storyline: A group of religious fanatics in India, the Tughs, prey upon Europeans and natives alike, capturing and offering them up in sacrifice to their frightful goddess, Kali. The Governor of the Province sends Tremal Naik, a famous Indian hunter,on an expedition to end the savagery. He is accompanied by Major Kennedy and Major Maffertis, the latter with a personal reason for wanting to destroy the Tughs and their sinister leader, Siodana. Maffertis, once stationed in the district with his family, is certain that his small daughter was a victim of the cult, but he has no proof and has not heard anything of her since her disappearance years ago. Tremal also has his own troupe made up of his faithful companions Kammamuri, Aghur and Urti, and his famed tiger Darma. Later, Tremal sees and falls in love with the white girl the Tughs hold captive, but she begs him to forget her and warns him of the danger...
[80 min - Action | Adventure | Mystery - Italian - Color (Ferraniacolor) - Italy | USA - Venturini Film]  

 

 

  

 

  

  

  

Return to Treasure Island (1954)

Director: Ewald André Dupont
Writers: Jack Pollexfen, Robert Louis Stevenson (characters, uncredited) and Aubrey Wisberg
Cast: Tab Hunter [Clive Stone], Dawn Addams [Jamesina 'Jamie' Hawkins], Porter Hall [Maximillian 'Maxie' Harris], James Seay [Felix Newman], Harry Lauter [Parker], William Cottrell [Cookie], Lane Chandler [Capt. Cardigan], Henry Rowland [Williams], Dayton Lummis [Capt. Flint, as Dayton Lumis], Robert Long [Long John Silver], Ken Terrell [Thompson]
Storyline: American academic Clive Stone is conducting research on pirate lore for a book. Part of that lore includes pirate Captain Flint of "Treasure Island" fame having hidden some piratical treasure on the island over two hundred years ago. As such, Clive writes to Jamesina 'Jamie' Hawkins, a direct descendant of Jim Hawkins (after who she was named) and the current proprietor of the Admiral Ben Bow Inn, to inquire about some of her possessions, namely a map and a bible, which he believes are clues to the hidden treasure, which she in turn believes is only lore and doesn't exist. Over a year after that inquiry, Stone visits Jamie coincidentally on the day that thieves try to steal the map, which Jamie proudly displays in the Inn. Stone requests to borrow the map, to which Jamie agrees - only if she goes along with him to Treasure Island - based on an incident that happens that day after the theft attempt...
[75 min - Adventure | Family - English - Color (Pathécolor) - USA - Edward Small Productions] 

Ship A-Hooey (1954)
Director: Izzy Sparber (as I. Sparber) and Tom Golden (animation director, uncredited)
Writer: Larz Bourne (story)
Cast: Jack Mercer [Various Mice, voice, uncredited], Sid Raymond [Pegleg Katnip, voice, uncredited] and Arnold Stang [Captain Herman, voice, uncredited]
Storyline: Under Captain Herman, work for each mouse-sailor is more like play. But the fun ends when they bring aboard a castaway who turns out to be Katnip the Pirate. An eyepatch and a peg leg are no indications of serious handicaps to this mean, knife-wielding villain of the sea. Soon all the mice are chased off the ship and onto the life raft they had "rescued" Katnip from. The captain immediately sneaks back on deck, determined that Katnip will go down, but not with his ship.
[Animation | Short | Comedy - English - USA - Famous Studios]

Vendetta dei Tughs, La [aka Black Devils of Kali] (1954) 
Directors: Gian Paolo Callegari and Ralph Murphy
Writers: Gian Paolo Callegari (scenario), Piero De Bernardi (scenario) and Emilio Salgari (novel)
Cast: Alberto Archetti, Franco Balducci [Kammamuri], Lex Barker [Tramal Naik], Carla Calò [Solima], Enzo Fiermonte [Claridge], Fiorella Mari [Ada McPherson], Paul Muller [Suyodhana], Raf Pindi [Urthi], Jack Rex [Aghur], Luigi Tosi
[79 min - Adventure - Italian - Color (Ferraniacolor) - Italy - Venturini Film] 

 

 

 

 

 

Yankee Pasha (1954)

Director: Joseph Pevney
Writers: Joseph Hoffman and Edison Marshall (novel)
Cast: Jeff Chandler [Jason Starbuck], Rhonda Fleming [Roxana Reil], Mamie Van Doren [Lilith, Harem Slave], Lee J. Cobb [Sultan], Hal March [Hassan Sendar], Rex Reason [Omar Id-Din, as Bart Roberts], Philip Van Zandt [Bassan Sa'id], Benny Rubin [Zamil], Tudor Owen [Elias Derby], Harry Lauter [Dick Bailey], Christiane Martel [Harem girl, as Miss Universe France], 
Myrna Hansen [Harem girl, as Miss United States]
Storyline: Salem, Massachusetts, 1800. Mountaineer Jason Starbuck rides into town with furs to sell and dreams to fulfill. He falls in love with Roxana, who breaks her previous engagement and leaves for France to await Jason. Roxana's ship is attacked by pirates and she is sold into slavery in Morocco. Jason follows her to Morocco and must win the support of the sultan in order to continue his efforts to locate and rescue her. 
[84 min - Adventure | Romance - English - Color (Technicolor) - USA - Universal International Pictures (UI)]