Buccaneers, The (1956)
Series Directed by Leslie Arliss (9 episodes, 1956-1957), C.M. Pennington-Richards (9 episodes, 1956-1957), Robert Day (8 episodes, 1956-1957), Peter Maxwell (6 episodes, 1957), Ralph Smart (4 episodes, 1956), Terry Bishop (2 episodes, 1956), Bernard Knowles (2 episodes, 1957)
Series Writing credits: Terence Moore (9 episodes, 1956-1957), Zachary Weiss (9 episodes, 1956-1957), Peter C. Hodgking (5 episodes, 1956-1957), Peggy Phillips (5 episodes, 1956-1957), Thomas A. Stockwell (4 episodes, 1956-1957), Neil R. Collins (3 episodes, 1957), Basil Dawson (3 episodes, 1957), Alan Moreland (2 episodes, 1956-1957), Roger MacDougall (2 episodes, 1956)
Cast: Robert Shaw [Capt. Dan Tempest, 37 episodes, 1956-1957], Paul Hansard [Taffy, 36 episodes, 1956-1957], Brian Rawlinson [Gaff Guernsay, 35 episodes, 1956-1957], Edwin Richfield Crewman Armando, 32 episodes, 1956-1957], Peter Hammond [Lt. Edward Beamish, 26 episodes, 1956-1957], Roy Purcell [1st Spanish Guard, 23 episodes, 1956-1957)], Neil Hallett [Bosun Bassett, 22 episodes, 1956-1957], Wilfred Downing [Crewman Dickon, 17 episodes, 1956-1957], Willoughby Gray [Pop, 17 episodes, 1956-1957], Dennis Lacey [1st Spanish Sailor, 16 episodes, 1956-1957]
Storyline: Captain Dan Tempest was an ex-pirate who received a pardon from the King and turned privateer after his stronghold of New Providence was taken over by Crown soldiers. Tempest and Lt. Beamish, the Crown-appointed deputy governor, were uneasy allies, fighting the Spanish privateers who were ravaging the Caribbean.
[TV Series - 30 min - Adventure | Drama - English - Black and White - UK - Incorporated Television Company (ITC), Sapphire Films]
1. "Blackbeard". Directed by Ralph Smart. Written by Thomas A. Stockwell. Captain and new Governor, Woodes Rogers turn up at (Nassau) New Providence island to clean up the pirates there, where he is authorised by the King to offer them all pardons for their past sins. The men know Rogers from his pirate past that he is an honest man and some accept but Blackbeard (George Margo) and some of his crew disagree and make trouble. Rogers stops a duel between Blackbeard and Ben, shooting Blackbeard in the hand, the same hand he uses a minute later to duel using swords, with Rogers. Blackbeard is disarmed but then Rogers is knocked out by Sawney Alfie Bass who is not right in the head. Blackbeard and his men escape to fight another day. Episode also has Hugh David as Benjy, Andrew Crawford as Captain Ben Hornigold, Brian Worth as Rackam, Edwin Richfield as Armando, Peter Bennett as Costellaux, Paul Hansard as Alfie and Patrick Jordan as Morgan. The tavern on the island is called "Fountain of Youth"..
2. "The Raiders". Directed by Ralph Smart. Written by Terence Moore. The date is 1 August 1718 and the island of New Providence is in danger from pirate raiders led by Charles Vane. Governor Rogers must decide on whether to go after Vane, thus leaving the island unprotected, or repairing the damaged fort and waiting for Vane to return and strike again.
3. "Captain Dan Tempest". Directed by Ralph Smart. Written by Terence Moore. Captain Dan Tempest returns to the island of New Providence. He is several weeks late to accept the pardon and is promptly arrested by Governor Rogers for piracy. He is later approached by Rogers and given a chance to redeem himself by delivering cargo to Charleston. Lt. Beamish accompanies him on the voyage. When they are met on the open sea by Blackbeard, Tempest fights him.
4. "Dan Tempest's War with Spain". Directed by Leslie Arliss. Written by Zachary Weiss. Governor Rogers has gone to Jamaica before this episode starts, with Hornigold. The Spanish land what appears to be a friendly force on the island then take over and tell Beamish that now Spain is at war with Britain. Tempest had decided to go back to his pirating ways but instead saves the Fort with his three shipmates. Episode also has Robert Rietti as Capt. Philip Catalan.
5. "The Wasp". Directed by Terry Bishop. Written by Peter C. Hodgkins. Dickon, a wild young boy who is nicknamed "The Wasp" (Wilfred Downing). It is 13 September 1718 and Tempest is given a commission to be a privateer. Dickon is captured by Tempest and becomes his cabin boy and unknowingly leads Tempest into Blackbeard's trap on his brig, "Queen Anne's Revenge" (Blackbeard is now played by Terence Cooper who at other times goes back to playing Costellaux).
6. "Whale Gold". Directed by Leslie Arliss. Written by Zachary Weiss. Ambergris, a waxy substance secreted by sperm whales, is needed to make perfumes, and is worth five times as much as gold. Greed strikes the men and there are betrayals and death. Terence Cooper again plays a villain, Grimes, and old hand Noel Purcell played Pat with Tony Thawnton playing Sykes. Also stars Eynon Evans as Deacon and Earl Cameron as Sam.
7. "The Slave Ship". Directed by Terry Bishop. Written by Jack Cousins. Slaves taking over a ship. Tempest captures them and using money taken from the slaver, frees them to work on New Providence.
8. "Gunpowder Plot". Directed by Leslie Arliss. Written by Terence Moore. Blackbeard steals the garrison's gunpowder supply and Tempest has to find a new supplier against the wishes of the naval authorities.
9. "The Ladies". Directed by Pennington Richards. Written by Roger McDougall. Dan Tempest of hears Blackbeard plan to board the vessel The Caoline under a flag of truce to steal it's cargo- Women!
10. "The Surgeon of Sangre Rojo". Directed by Pennington Richards. Written by Thomas A. Stockwell. An epidemic on New Providence and the only way to cure it is to kidnap a Spanish doctor running a gauntlet of Spanish guns. Alec Mango again plays the villain whose rotting furs are full of typhus carrying fleas.
11. "Before the Mast". Directed by Ralph Smart. Written by Roger McDougall. When some sailors on New Providence are press-ganged into the service of Spanish pirates under El Supremo (Ferdy Mayne) who is attacking supply ships. Tempest and Dickon go undercover to stop them intercepting the Felicity which is bringing supplies to their island. Also stars Roger Snowdon as Rodrigues and Salvin Stewart as One-Eye.
12. "Dan Tempest and the Amazons". Directed by Pennington Richards. Written by Zachary Weiss. French pirate attempts to sell seven women to New Providence. They take over his ship then beat Dan Tempest, but help is at hand from the women. Starring Joan Sims as chief of the "wimmin".
13. "The Articles of War". Directed by Leslie Arliss. Written by Peggy Phillips and Alan Moreland. There is a Spanish presence in the area which is stopping food reaching the island so they are living on fish unlike the 9 Spanish prisoners who are eating meat under the articles of war. Armando, Gaff and Taffy decide to do something about it. There is success in that the Spanish ship is blown up and the promised food ship arrives, and failure in that now they now have 49 prisoners who are all eating better than they are. Stars Eric Pohlmann as Capt. Hernandez.
14. "The Hand of the Hawk". Directed by Robert Day. Written by Peter C. Hodgking. Chantey Jack (Sid James) as a wandering minstrel (Sid James sings in this episode). He knew Dickon's father, Johnny Spencer. Jack is killed but not before he has talked of "The Hawk", given Dickon a map and the others a song which tells where treasure is buried. Anthony Dawson plays Captain Flask.
15. "Marooned". Directed by Leslie Arliss. Written by Peter C. Hodgking. Captain Clip West (Bill Owen), a pirate who even gives other pirates a bad name is captured by Tempest after stealing from New Providence, West persuades the gullible Phineas Bunch (Willoughby Goddard) to release them, they take over the ship and maroon Tempest and his men but it is not long before the tables are turned again. Also stars Michael Rathborne as Look-out.
16. "Gentleman Jack and the Lady". Directed by Leslie Arliss. Written by Zachary Weiss. Dan Tempest cheats French privateer, Gentleman Jack (actually a woman, Anne Bonny played by Hazel Court), out of a prize ship by a clever ruse. Bonny tries threats and tricks then woman's wiles to get it back. She gets it in the end, minus its valuable cargo.
17. "Mr Beamish and the Hangman's Noose". Directed by Pennington Richards. Written by Terence Moore. Van Brugh (Alec Mango) has put some bad words in about Acting Governor Beamish to Britain. Mainwaring (Lewis Gedge) is the new Governor and Admiral Bingham (Stringer Davis) has to decide whether Beamish is guilty of running an island full of pirates and should therefore be hanged. Mainwaring is strong on discipline and wants to change everything on the Island but Tempest believes that greed is his weakness and has a plan involving buried treasure that he believes will beat him.
18. "Dead Man's Rock". Directed by Robert Day. Written by Peter C. Hodgkins. The Sultana beached so her hull can be scraped. The Spaniards attack and Beamish is kidnapped by the evil Rodriguez (Richard Pasco) along with Dickon to try to make Beamish reveal the date of a secret convoy. Tempest with his ship being overhauled can offer no resistance.
19. "Blood Will Tell". Directed by Robert Day. Written by Zachary Weiss. A trader's estate is at stake, Gresham Island. The heir is missing and Piggott (Dawson France) who Dickon recognises as a thief he once knew is after it and knows he will be happy to trade with the enemy, Spain. The only way Tempest and Dickon can stop this is for Dickon to pretend to be an heir too. Lawyer Pym (Willoughby Goddard) must decide who is the real heir. Also stars John Dearth as Bellows.
20. "Dangerous Cargo". Directed by Leslie Arliss. Written by Zachary Weiss. Captain Steele (Ivan Craig) delivering Lady Hilary Winrod (Sarah Lawson) to Dan Tempest so he can take her to Lord Winrod (Derek Nimmo) in Barbados, supposedly for a honeymoon. Captain Mendoza (Roger Delgado), a Spanish Captain tries to snatch her and it is down to Tempest to get her to safety after he finds out the real purpose of her mission.
21. "The Return of Calico Jack". Directed by Pennington Richards. Written by Zachary Weiss and Basil Dawson. The villainous Calico Jack (Brian Worth) turns up on New Providence. Tempest is away taking a valuable cargo to the Carolinas. After causing some trouble, Calico Jack learns of the cargo so plans to ambush him using The Sultana and hatches a plan with the equally evil Van Brugh so it's up to Beamish and Tempest's shipmates who have been left behind to stop him.
22. "Ghost Ship". Directed by Robert Day. Written by Peter C. Hodgking. Dickon accidentally kills an albatross, a sign of bad luck. This continues when they find a derelict ship which is taken in tow with Gaff and Dickon aboard but the ship seems to be haunted by its original owner; the blood thirsty pirate, Captain Van Der Meer who Taffy saw executed 15 years ago. Then Dickon disappears. Stars Colin Douglas as De Groot and Alfred Burke his mate.
23. "Conquistador". Directed by Robert Day. Written by Terence Moore and Basil Dawson. The Sultana sportins a jolly roger and her crew attacks ships and now threatens New Providence unless they pay them £10,000. The citizens call for Dan Tempest and his crew to be shot not knowing that they are prisoners on The Sultana which is now in the hands of Don Fernando Estaban (Roger Delgado) and his men who are pretending to be Tempest and her crew.
24. "Mother Doughty's Crew". Directed by Pennington Richards. Written by Zachary Weiss. Gaff Guernsey is ready to get married but finds out too late that his bride to be, Betsy's (Anna Walmsley) mother, Mother Doughty (Ena Burrill) who with her five sons leads undercover pirate raids which Tempest is trying to stop. Gaff is torn between his loyalty to Betsy and her mother and Tempest and his friends.
25. "Conquest of New Providence". Directed by Leslie Arliss and Robert Day. Written by Terence Moore. While Tempest and his crew have been away, Don Estaban (Roger Delgado) has taken over New Providence. Tempest and Beamish's plans are hampered by traitors who betray them to the Spanish. Tempest is helped by Maria (Gillian Owen) who is Armando's wife.
26. "Hurricane". Directed by Leslie Arliss. Written by Terence Moore and Peggy Phillips. A hurricane has caused great damage on New Providence. It has also blown a Spanish treasure ship onto rocks nearby, money for the war against Britain. It is up to Tempest and his men to rescue the gold with the help of local Indians/natives,
persuaded by Armando who is one of them. Stars Ewen Solon as Spanish Admiral and Derek Sydney as Spanish Lieutenant.
27. "Cutlass Wedding". Directed by Robert Day. Written by Thomas A. Stockwel. The women from episode 12 are back. They are fed up because while the men like their company, no one wants to marry them and unless someone does, they are leaving. Taff has a narrow escape, then it's down to Sam Bassett, Beamish's number two man. The women, led by Abigail (Joan Sims) find out he is being pushed into marriage and decide to leave the island only to wind up in the hands of slave traders led by La Forte (Paul Eddington).
28. "The Aztec Treasure". Directed by Pennington Richards. Written by Terence Moore. A man named Martin (Thomas G. Duggan) who asks Tempest to help him get hold of Aztec treasure (gold) which the Spanish are also after. Five start into the jungle but only two make it to the gold where the Aztecs capture Tempest and Martin. Also stars Frederick Treves as Quetzl.
29. "Pride of Andalusia". Directed by Peter Maxwell. Written by Basil Dawson and Zachary Weiss. £20,000 worth of gold has been stolen from a merchant ship bound for the British navy and is in the hands of a greedy and wicked old Spanish Marquesa (Jean Cadell) who is going to cheat King Phillip out of it and keep it. Tempest and his men decide to get it back for Britain but have to contend with the Marquesa's many tricks and with her men, Sebastian (Conrad Phillips) and Gomez (Bruno Barnabe).
30. "Dan Tempest Holds an Auction". Directed by Peter Maxwell. Written by Alan Moreland. Dan Tempest takes a cargo to Charleston to sell. The "Company" (unnamed) are in charge there and make the rules and pay a third or less of what a cargo is worth, using strong-arm tactics on any who oppose them. Tempest decides to break their monopoly so all traders can get a fair price. Robert Perceval as Sir Charles Johnson, Ballard Berkeley as Rafton, Jane Griffiths as Paula Meadows, John Harvey as Lawyer Knox and Max Faulkner as Guard.
31. "The Spy Aboard". Directed by Robert Day. Written by Neil R. Collins. Dan Tempest decides to bury his treasure for safe keeping but he and his men are surprised by Pegleg, alias the bullet-proof Captain Finn (Richard Johnson) and his crew who steal the treasure. Tempest realises that there must be a spy on The Sultana and sets about planting a spy in Pegleg's crew. Stars Wilfrid Brambell as Old Man, also John Salew as Cookie, Danny Green as Noah and Jack Hedley as Raikes.
32. "Flip and Jenny". Directed by Peter Maxwell. Written by Neil R. Collins. Two children stowaway, Flip (Peter Soule) and Jenny (Jane Asher). Their father (Purdy, (Colin Douglas)), an indentured servant to Lord Hinch (Robert Hardy) has gone to jail because he demands that his children be educated and refuses to work till they are. To solve their problems, Tempest lets himself and his men be captured. Also stars Seymour Green as Constable Herridge.
33. "Indian Fighters". Directed by Peter Maxwell. Written by Neil R. Collins. The Sultana is taking "Understandable Perkins" (Ronan O'Casey) back to Charleston. Perkins and his fellow Indian fighters have gotten rid of the Indians from around Charleston making the land worth four times as much and they refuse to pay the new rent. First Tempest and his men go to jail and then Perkins then they hatch a plan to bring the Indians back so the Indian fighters are needed again. Also stars Edmund Warwick as Magistrate Mortimer and Max Faulkner as Servant.
34. "Mistress Higgin's Treasure". Directed by Pennington Richards. Written by Thomas A. Stockwel. The Sultana is delivering tax-free farm implements to Virginia because they are too expensive to buy locally but they find the crops have already been harvested. However they were stolen so the farmers have lost everything until school mistress Higgins (Adrienne Corri) helps them find where the crops went. Howard Pays as Pennington, boys - Barry Fennell and Claude Kingston, girl - Jane Asher.
35. "To the Rescue". Directed by Peter Maxwell. Written by Phillis Miller . Major Percy (Ewen Solon) is offering a miserly price for a tobacco crop on behalf of the Crown. Louis Brion (Andre Charisse) needs a good price and Tempest's girlfriend Paula (Jane Griffiths) persuades him to take the cargo where he can get a good price for it but in doing so they are discovered and the cargo impounded. Percy now has Captain Barker (Michael Golden) take the crop to London for sale for him. If Tempest tries to stop him, he will be accused of piracy but Tempest has a plan.
36. "The Decoy". Directed by Pennington Richards. Written by Albert G. Ruben. The Sultana comes on a woman, Rebecca (Virginia Maskell) in a rowing boat. Tempest suspects she is a decoy to lure them into the hands of the terrible Turk (Marne Maitland) but she insists that the Turk is holding her husband, George Bradbury (Derek
Waring), captive. Tempest decides to turn the tables and use the woman as a decoy against the Turk.
37. "Instrument of War". Directed by Bernard Knowles. Written by Peter Rossano. Tempest and his crew with the help of Dougal (John Harvey) are trying to get David MacGregor (Charles Houston) off of Prisoner's Island (where they have been transported to) to Port Royal where he can plead the Scot's case. Marsh (Alfred Burke) is in charge and intends hanging David. The "Instruments of War" are bagpipes used to call other Scots to battle. Also stars Andrew Keir as David's father (The Laird), Gay Cameron as Sheila, his girlfriend and Dennis Edwards as Second Guard.
38. "Pirate Honour". Directed by Peter Maxwell. Written by Marion Myers. Captain Drewitt was murdered and now his wife (Ilona Ference) and son, Edwin (Michael Caridia) must manage as best as they can. But Major Langley (Brian Oulton) is after the Captain's treasure and has set the evil Black Bart (Alex Scott) on Tempest when he tries to help them.
39. "Printer's Devil". Directed by Bernard Knowles. Written by Terence Moore. Under the guise of doing necessary work, Josiah Parkerhouse (Miles Malleson) has printed a news sheet telling the truth about Sir Joplin James (Noel Coleman) and his cronies when Tempest saves him from being arrested. Tempest lets Parkerhouse continue his printing of the truth aboard the Sultana, despite a C&E officer being aboard and then with the help of a woman, who sells bread and such, distributes it to the people on the island and it isn't long before Sir James is kicked out of his office. Also starred Maxwell Shaw as Sharp, Jean Bloor as Mrs Miles (baker), Walter Horsburgh as Magistrate and Dennis Edwards as an Officer.
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Writers: Thomas W. Blackburn and Norman Foster
Cast: Fess Parker [Davy Crockett], Buddy Ebsen [George Russel], Jeff York [Mike Fink], Kenneth Tobey [Jocko], Clem Bevans [Cap'n Cobb], Irvin Ashkenazy [Moose], Mort Mills [Sam Mason], Paul Newlan [Big Harpe], Frank Richards [Little Harpe], Hank Worden [Fiddler], Dick Crockett, Walter Catlett [Col. Plug]
Storyline: Davy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in a boat race to New Orleans. Later, Davy and Georgie, allied with Fink, battle a group of river pirates trying to pass themselves off as Native Americans.
[81 min - Family | Adventure | Comedy - English - Color (Technicolor) - USA - Walt Disney Productions]
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Series Directed by Leslie Arliss (9 episodes, 1956-1957), C.M. Pennington-Richards (9 episodes, 1956-1957), Robert Day (8 episodes, 1956-1957), Peter Maxwell (6 episodes, 1957), Ralph Smart (4 episodes, 1956), Terry Bishop (2 episodes, 1956), Bernard Knowles (2 episodes, 1957)
Series Writing credits: Terence Moore (9 episodes, 1956-1957), Zachary Weiss (9 episodes, 1956-1957), Peter C. Hodgking (5 episodes, 1956-1957), Peggy Phillips (5 episodes, 1956-1957), Thomas A. Stockwell (4 episodes, 1956-1957), Neil R. Collins (3 episodes, 1957), Basil Dawson (3 episodes, 1957), Alan Moreland (2 episodes, 1956-1957), Roger MacDougall (2 episodes, 1956)
Cast: Robert Shaw [Capt. Dan Tempest, 37 episodes, 1956-1957], Paul Hansard [Taffy, 36 episodes, 1956-1957], Brian Rawlinson [Gaff Guernsay, 35 episodes, 1956-1957], Edwin Richfield Crewman Armando, 32 episodes, 1956-1957], Peter Hammond [Lt. Edward Beamish, 26 episodes, 1956-1957], Roy Purcell [1st Spanish Guard, 23 episodes, 1956-1957)], Neil Hallett [Bosun Bassett, 22 episodes, 1956-1957], Wilfred Downing [Crewman Dickon, 17 episodes, 1956-1957], Willoughby Gray [Pop, 17 episodes, 1956-1957], Dennis Lacey [1st Spanish Sailor, 16 episodes, 1956-1957]
Storyline: Captain Dan Tempest was an ex-pirate who received a pardon from the King and turned privateer after his stronghold of New Providence was taken over by Crown soldiers. Tempest and Lt. Beamish, the Crown-appointed deputy governor, were uneasy allies, fighting the Spanish privateers who were ravaging the Caribbean.
[TV Series - 30 min - Adventure | Drama - English - Black and White - UK - Incorporated Television Company (ITC), Sapphire Films]
1. "Blackbeard". Directed by Ralph Smart. Written by Thomas A. Stockwell. Captain and new Governor, Woodes Rogers turn up at (Nassau) New Providence island to clean up the pirates there, where he is authorised by the King to offer them all pardons for their past sins. The men know Rogers from his pirate past that he is an honest man and some accept but Blackbeard (George Margo) and some of his crew disagree and make trouble. Rogers stops a duel between Blackbeard and Ben, shooting Blackbeard in the hand, the same hand he uses a minute later to duel using swords, with Rogers. Blackbeard is disarmed but then Rogers is knocked out by Sawney Alfie Bass who is not right in the head. Blackbeard and his men escape to fight another day. Episode also has Hugh David as Benjy, Andrew Crawford as Captain Ben Hornigold, Brian Worth as Rackam, Edwin Richfield as Armando, Peter Bennett as Costellaux, Paul Hansard as Alfie and Patrick Jordan as Morgan. The tavern on the island is called "Fountain of Youth"..
2. "The Raiders". Directed by Ralph Smart. Written by Terence Moore. The date is 1 August 1718 and the island of New Providence is in danger from pirate raiders led by Charles Vane. Governor Rogers must decide on whether to go after Vane, thus leaving the island unprotected, or repairing the damaged fort and waiting for Vane to return and strike again.
3. "Captain Dan Tempest". Directed by Ralph Smart. Written by Terence Moore. Captain Dan Tempest returns to the island of New Providence. He is several weeks late to accept the pardon and is promptly arrested by Governor Rogers for piracy. He is later approached by Rogers and given a chance to redeem himself by delivering cargo to Charleston. Lt. Beamish accompanies him on the voyage. When they are met on the open sea by Blackbeard, Tempest fights him.
4. "Dan Tempest's War with Spain". Directed by Leslie Arliss. Written by Zachary Weiss. Governor Rogers has gone to Jamaica before this episode starts, with Hornigold. The Spanish land what appears to be a friendly force on the island then take over and tell Beamish that now Spain is at war with Britain. Tempest had decided to go back to his pirating ways but instead saves the Fort with his three shipmates. Episode also has Robert Rietti as Capt. Philip Catalan.
5. "The Wasp". Directed by Terry Bishop. Written by Peter C. Hodgkins. Dickon, a wild young boy who is nicknamed "The Wasp" (Wilfred Downing). It is 13 September 1718 and Tempest is given a commission to be a privateer. Dickon is captured by Tempest and becomes his cabin boy and unknowingly leads Tempest into Blackbeard's trap on his brig, "Queen Anne's Revenge" (Blackbeard is now played by Terence Cooper who at other times goes back to playing Costellaux).
6. "Whale Gold". Directed by Leslie Arliss. Written by Zachary Weiss. Ambergris, a waxy substance secreted by sperm whales, is needed to make perfumes, and is worth five times as much as gold. Greed strikes the men and there are betrayals and death. Terence Cooper again plays a villain, Grimes, and old hand Noel Purcell played Pat with Tony Thawnton playing Sykes. Also stars Eynon Evans as Deacon and Earl Cameron as Sam.
7. "The Slave Ship". Directed by Terry Bishop. Written by Jack Cousins. Slaves taking over a ship. Tempest captures them and using money taken from the slaver, frees them to work on New Providence.
8. "Gunpowder Plot". Directed by Leslie Arliss. Written by Terence Moore. Blackbeard steals the garrison's gunpowder supply and Tempest has to find a new supplier against the wishes of the naval authorities.
9. "The Ladies". Directed by Pennington Richards. Written by Roger McDougall. Dan Tempest of hears Blackbeard plan to board the vessel The Caoline under a flag of truce to steal it's cargo- Women!
10. "The Surgeon of Sangre Rojo". Directed by Pennington Richards. Written by Thomas A. Stockwell. An epidemic on New Providence and the only way to cure it is to kidnap a Spanish doctor running a gauntlet of Spanish guns. Alec Mango again plays the villain whose rotting furs are full of typhus carrying fleas.
11. "Before the Mast". Directed by Ralph Smart. Written by Roger McDougall. When some sailors on New Providence are press-ganged into the service of Spanish pirates under El Supremo (Ferdy Mayne) who is attacking supply ships. Tempest and Dickon go undercover to stop them intercepting the Felicity which is bringing supplies to their island. Also stars Roger Snowdon as Rodrigues and Salvin Stewart as One-Eye.
12. "Dan Tempest and the Amazons". Directed by Pennington Richards. Written by Zachary Weiss. French pirate attempts to sell seven women to New Providence. They take over his ship then beat Dan Tempest, but help is at hand from the women. Starring Joan Sims as chief of the "wimmin".
13. "The Articles of War". Directed by Leslie Arliss. Written by Peggy Phillips and Alan Moreland. There is a Spanish presence in the area which is stopping food reaching the island so they are living on fish unlike the 9 Spanish prisoners who are eating meat under the articles of war. Armando, Gaff and Taffy decide to do something about it. There is success in that the Spanish ship is blown up and the promised food ship arrives, and failure in that now they now have 49 prisoners who are all eating better than they are. Stars Eric Pohlmann as Capt. Hernandez.
14. "The Hand of the Hawk". Directed by Robert Day. Written by Peter C. Hodgking. Chantey Jack (Sid James) as a wandering minstrel (Sid James sings in this episode). He knew Dickon's father, Johnny Spencer. Jack is killed but not before he has talked of "The Hawk", given Dickon a map and the others a song which tells where treasure is buried. Anthony Dawson plays Captain Flask.
15. "Marooned". Directed by Leslie Arliss. Written by Peter C. Hodgking. Captain Clip West (Bill Owen), a pirate who even gives other pirates a bad name is captured by Tempest after stealing from New Providence, West persuades the gullible Phineas Bunch (Willoughby Goddard) to release them, they take over the ship and maroon Tempest and his men but it is not long before the tables are turned again. Also stars Michael Rathborne as Look-out.
16. "Gentleman Jack and the Lady". Directed by Leslie Arliss. Written by Zachary Weiss. Dan Tempest cheats French privateer, Gentleman Jack (actually a woman, Anne Bonny played by Hazel Court), out of a prize ship by a clever ruse. Bonny tries threats and tricks then woman's wiles to get it back. She gets it in the end, minus its valuable cargo.
17. "Mr Beamish and the Hangman's Noose". Directed by Pennington Richards. Written by Terence Moore. Van Brugh (Alec Mango) has put some bad words in about Acting Governor Beamish to Britain. Mainwaring (Lewis Gedge) is the new Governor and Admiral Bingham (Stringer Davis) has to decide whether Beamish is guilty of running an island full of pirates and should therefore be hanged. Mainwaring is strong on discipline and wants to change everything on the Island but Tempest believes that greed is his weakness and has a plan involving buried treasure that he believes will beat him.
18. "Dead Man's Rock". Directed by Robert Day. Written by Peter C. Hodgkins. The Sultana beached so her hull can be scraped. The Spaniards attack and Beamish is kidnapped by the evil Rodriguez (Richard Pasco) along with Dickon to try to make Beamish reveal the date of a secret convoy. Tempest with his ship being overhauled can offer no resistance.
19. "Blood Will Tell". Directed by Robert Day. Written by Zachary Weiss. A trader's estate is at stake, Gresham Island. The heir is missing and Piggott (Dawson France) who Dickon recognises as a thief he once knew is after it and knows he will be happy to trade with the enemy, Spain. The only way Tempest and Dickon can stop this is for Dickon to pretend to be an heir too. Lawyer Pym (Willoughby Goddard) must decide who is the real heir. Also stars John Dearth as Bellows.
20. "Dangerous Cargo". Directed by Leslie Arliss. Written by Zachary Weiss. Captain Steele (Ivan Craig) delivering Lady Hilary Winrod (Sarah Lawson) to Dan Tempest so he can take her to Lord Winrod (Derek Nimmo) in Barbados, supposedly for a honeymoon. Captain Mendoza (Roger Delgado), a Spanish Captain tries to snatch her and it is down to Tempest to get her to safety after he finds out the real purpose of her mission.
21. "The Return of Calico Jack". Directed by Pennington Richards. Written by Zachary Weiss and Basil Dawson. The villainous Calico Jack (Brian Worth) turns up on New Providence. Tempest is away taking a valuable cargo to the Carolinas. After causing some trouble, Calico Jack learns of the cargo so plans to ambush him using The Sultana and hatches a plan with the equally evil Van Brugh so it's up to Beamish and Tempest's shipmates who have been left behind to stop him.
22. "Ghost Ship". Directed by Robert Day. Written by Peter C. Hodgking. Dickon accidentally kills an albatross, a sign of bad luck. This continues when they find a derelict ship which is taken in tow with Gaff and Dickon aboard but the ship seems to be haunted by its original owner; the blood thirsty pirate, Captain Van Der Meer who Taffy saw executed 15 years ago. Then Dickon disappears. Stars Colin Douglas as De Groot and Alfred Burke his mate.
23. "Conquistador". Directed by Robert Day. Written by Terence Moore and Basil Dawson. The Sultana sportins a jolly roger and her crew attacks ships and now threatens New Providence unless they pay them £10,000. The citizens call for Dan Tempest and his crew to be shot not knowing that they are prisoners on The Sultana which is now in the hands of Don Fernando Estaban (Roger Delgado) and his men who are pretending to be Tempest and her crew.
24. "Mother Doughty's Crew". Directed by Pennington Richards. Written by Zachary Weiss. Gaff Guernsey is ready to get married but finds out too late that his bride to be, Betsy's (Anna Walmsley) mother, Mother Doughty (Ena Burrill) who with her five sons leads undercover pirate raids which Tempest is trying to stop. Gaff is torn between his loyalty to Betsy and her mother and Tempest and his friends.
25. "Conquest of New Providence". Directed by Leslie Arliss and Robert Day. Written by Terence Moore. While Tempest and his crew have been away, Don Estaban (Roger Delgado) has taken over New Providence. Tempest and Beamish's plans are hampered by traitors who betray them to the Spanish. Tempest is helped by Maria (Gillian Owen) who is Armando's wife.
26. "Hurricane". Directed by Leslie Arliss. Written by Terence Moore and Peggy Phillips. A hurricane has caused great damage on New Providence. It has also blown a Spanish treasure ship onto rocks nearby, money for the war against Britain. It is up to Tempest and his men to rescue the gold with the help of local Indians/natives,
persuaded by Armando who is one of them. Stars Ewen Solon as Spanish Admiral and Derek Sydney as Spanish Lieutenant.
27. "Cutlass Wedding". Directed by Robert Day. Written by Thomas A. Stockwel. The women from episode 12 are back. They are fed up because while the men like their company, no one wants to marry them and unless someone does, they are leaving. Taff has a narrow escape, then it's down to Sam Bassett, Beamish's number two man. The women, led by Abigail (Joan Sims) find out he is being pushed into marriage and decide to leave the island only to wind up in the hands of slave traders led by La Forte (Paul Eddington).
28. "The Aztec Treasure". Directed by Pennington Richards. Written by Terence Moore. A man named Martin (Thomas G. Duggan) who asks Tempest to help him get hold of Aztec treasure (gold) which the Spanish are also after. Five start into the jungle but only two make it to the gold where the Aztecs capture Tempest and Martin. Also stars Frederick Treves as Quetzl.
29. "Pride of Andalusia". Directed by Peter Maxwell. Written by Basil Dawson and Zachary Weiss. £20,000 worth of gold has been stolen from a merchant ship bound for the British navy and is in the hands of a greedy and wicked old Spanish Marquesa (Jean Cadell) who is going to cheat King Phillip out of it and keep it. Tempest and his men decide to get it back for Britain but have to contend with the Marquesa's many tricks and with her men, Sebastian (Conrad Phillips) and Gomez (Bruno Barnabe).
30. "Dan Tempest Holds an Auction". Directed by Peter Maxwell. Written by Alan Moreland. Dan Tempest takes a cargo to Charleston to sell. The "Company" (unnamed) are in charge there and make the rules and pay a third or less of what a cargo is worth, using strong-arm tactics on any who oppose them. Tempest decides to break their monopoly so all traders can get a fair price. Robert Perceval as Sir Charles Johnson, Ballard Berkeley as Rafton, Jane Griffiths as Paula Meadows, John Harvey as Lawyer Knox and Max Faulkner as Guard.
31. "The Spy Aboard". Directed by Robert Day. Written by Neil R. Collins. Dan Tempest decides to bury his treasure for safe keeping but he and his men are surprised by Pegleg, alias the bullet-proof Captain Finn (Richard Johnson) and his crew who steal the treasure. Tempest realises that there must be a spy on The Sultana and sets about planting a spy in Pegleg's crew. Stars Wilfrid Brambell as Old Man, also John Salew as Cookie, Danny Green as Noah and Jack Hedley as Raikes.
32. "Flip and Jenny". Directed by Peter Maxwell. Written by Neil R. Collins. Two children stowaway, Flip (Peter Soule) and Jenny (Jane Asher). Their father (Purdy, (Colin Douglas)), an indentured servant to Lord Hinch (Robert Hardy) has gone to jail because he demands that his children be educated and refuses to work till they are. To solve their problems, Tempest lets himself and his men be captured. Also stars Seymour Green as Constable Herridge.
33. "Indian Fighters". Directed by Peter Maxwell. Written by Neil R. Collins. The Sultana is taking "Understandable Perkins" (Ronan O'Casey) back to Charleston. Perkins and his fellow Indian fighters have gotten rid of the Indians from around Charleston making the land worth four times as much and they refuse to pay the new rent. First Tempest and his men go to jail and then Perkins then they hatch a plan to bring the Indians back so the Indian fighters are needed again. Also stars Edmund Warwick as Magistrate Mortimer and Max Faulkner as Servant.
34. "Mistress Higgin's Treasure". Directed by Pennington Richards. Written by Thomas A. Stockwel. The Sultana is delivering tax-free farm implements to Virginia because they are too expensive to buy locally but they find the crops have already been harvested. However they were stolen so the farmers have lost everything until school mistress Higgins (Adrienne Corri) helps them find where the crops went. Howard Pays as Pennington, boys - Barry Fennell and Claude Kingston, girl - Jane Asher.
35. "To the Rescue". Directed by Peter Maxwell. Written by Phillis Miller . Major Percy (Ewen Solon) is offering a miserly price for a tobacco crop on behalf of the Crown. Louis Brion (Andre Charisse) needs a good price and Tempest's girlfriend Paula (Jane Griffiths) persuades him to take the cargo where he can get a good price for it but in doing so they are discovered and the cargo impounded. Percy now has Captain Barker (Michael Golden) take the crop to London for sale for him. If Tempest tries to stop him, he will be accused of piracy but Tempest has a plan.
36. "The Decoy". Directed by Pennington Richards. Written by Albert G. Ruben. The Sultana comes on a woman, Rebecca (Virginia Maskell) in a rowing boat. Tempest suspects she is a decoy to lure them into the hands of the terrible Turk (Marne Maitland) but she insists that the Turk is holding her husband, George Bradbury (Derek
Waring), captive. Tempest decides to turn the tables and use the woman as a decoy against the Turk.
37. "Instrument of War". Directed by Bernard Knowles. Written by Peter Rossano. Tempest and his crew with the help of Dougal (John Harvey) are trying to get David MacGregor (Charles Houston) off of Prisoner's Island (where they have been transported to) to Port Royal where he can plead the Scot's case. Marsh (Alfred Burke) is in charge and intends hanging David. The "Instruments of War" are bagpipes used to call other Scots to battle. Also stars Andrew Keir as David's father (The Laird), Gay Cameron as Sheila, his girlfriend and Dennis Edwards as Second Guard.
38. "Pirate Honour". Directed by Peter Maxwell. Written by Marion Myers. Captain Drewitt was murdered and now his wife (Ilona Ference) and son, Edwin (Michael Caridia) must manage as best as they can. But Major Langley (Brian Oulton) is after the Captain's treasure and has set the evil Black Bart (Alex Scott) on Tempest when he tries to help them.
39. "Printer's Devil". Directed by Bernard Knowles. Written by Terence Moore. Under the guise of doing necessary work, Josiah Parkerhouse (Miles Malleson) has printed a news sheet telling the truth about Sir Joplin James (Noel Coleman) and his cronies when Tempest saves him from being arrested. Tempest lets Parkerhouse continue his printing of the truth aboard the Sultana, despite a C&E officer being aboard and then with the help of a woman, who sells bread and such, distributes it to the people on the island and it isn't long before Sir James is kicked out of his office. Also starred Maxwell Shaw as Sharp, Jean Bloor as Mrs Miles (baker), Walter Horsburgh as Magistrate and Dennis Edwards as an Officer.
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Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
Director: Norman FosterWriters: Thomas W. Blackburn and Norman Foster
Cast: Fess Parker [Davy Crockett], Buddy Ebsen [George Russel], Jeff York [Mike Fink], Kenneth Tobey [Jocko], Clem Bevans [Cap'n Cobb], Irvin Ashkenazy [Moose], Mort Mills [Sam Mason], Paul Newlan [Big Harpe], Frank Richards [Little Harpe], Hank Worden [Fiddler], Dick Crockett, Walter Catlett [Col. Plug]
Storyline: Davy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in a boat race to New Orleans. Later, Davy and Georgie, allied with Fink, battle a group of river pirates trying to pass themselves off as Native Americans.
[81 min - Family | Adventure | Comedy - English - Color (Technicolor) - USA - Walt Disney Productions]
Kidnapped (1956)
Director: Joy Harington
Writers: Joy Harington (adaptation) and Robert Louis Stevenson (novel)
Cast: Leonard Maguire [David Balfour], Patrick Troughton [Alan Breck], John Laurie [Ebenezer Balfour], Ian Thompson [Ransome], William Abney [Mungo], James Cairncross [Old Man / Duncan MacLaren], James Copeland [James Stewart], Laidlaw Dalling [Gillie], Caroline Denzil [Stewart's Daughter], Peter Diamond [Sailor / Gillie], Colin Douglas [Mr. Shaun], John Dunbar [Landlord of 'The Hawes Inn'], Margery Fleeson [Old Woman], Sheila Shand Gibbs [Maid], Campbell Godley [John Breck Stewart]
[TV Movie - 30 min - Adventure - English - Black and White - UK - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)]
Pirate's Gold (1956)
Director: Eddie Donnelly
Writer: Tom Morrison (story)
Uncredited cast: Tom Morrison [Heckle / Jeckle, voice, uncredited]
[Animation | Short - English - USA - Terrytoons]
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