MOVIES - PIRATES 1960

• Boy and the Pirates, The (1960)
• Capitan, Le [aka Captain Blood] (1960) 
• Kaizoku bahansen [aka Pirates] (1960) 

• Kidnapped (1960)

• Marie des Isles [aka Marie of the Isles] (1960) 
• Morgan il pirata [aka Morgan, the Pirate] (1960) 

• Peter Pan (1960)

• Pirati della costa, I [aka Pirates of the Coast] (1960) 
• Robin Hood e i pirati [aka Robin Hood and the Pirates] (1960) 

• Swiss Family Robinson (1960)

• Venere dei pirati, La [aka Queen of the Pirates, The] (1960) 

Boy and the Pirates, The (1960)
Director: Bert I. Gordon
Writers: Bert I. Gordon (story), Lillie Hayward and Jerry Sackheim
Cast: Charles Herbert [Jimmy Warren], Susan Gordon [Katrina Van Keif / Kathy], Murvyn Vye [Blackbeard], Paul Guilfoyle [Snipe], Joe Turkel [Abu the Genie, as Joseph Turkel], Archie Duncan [Scoggins], Than Wyenn [Hunter], Albert Cavens [Dutch Captain], Mickey Finn [Peake], Morgan Jones [Mr. Warren], Timothy Carey [Morgan]
Storyline: Young boy is magically transported back in time to a pirate ship on the high seas.
[82 min - Family | Adventure | Fantasy - English - Color (Eastmancolor) - USA - Bert I. Gordon Productions]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capitan, Le [aka Captain Blood] (1960) 
Director: André Hunebelle
Writers: Franco Dal Cer (dialogue: Italian version), Pierre Foucaud (screenplay), Jean Halain (dialogue), Jean Halain (screenplay), André Hunebelle (screenplay) and Michel Zévaco (novel)
Cast: Jean Marais [François de Capestan], Bourvil [Cogolin], Elsa Martinelli [Gisèle d'Angoulême], Pierrette Bruno [Giuseppa], Lise Delamare [Marie de Médicis], Annie Anderson [Béatrice de Beaufort, as Annie Andersson], Guy Delorme [Rinaldo], Jacqueline Porel [Léonora Galigaï], Jean-Paul Coquelin [Vitry], Raphaël Patorni [Le duc d'Angoulême], Robert Porte [Duc de Rohan], Jean Berger [Luynes]
Storyline: François de Capestan, is a young provincial noble who comes to Paris to apply, is saved by the mysterious Gisèle d'Angoulême. With his faithful Cogolin, which they call the "Capestan" becomes a friend of Louis XIII frustrating their plots ...
[111 min - Action | Adventure - French - Color (Eastmancolor) - France | Italy - Da.Ma. Cinematografica, P.A.C., Pathé Consortium Cinéma]

 

Kaizoku bahansen [aka Pirates] (1960) 

[105 min - Japanese - Japan - Toei Company]

Director: Tadashi Sawashima

Cast: Eiji Okada, Hashizo Okawa

Kidnapped (1960)
Director: Robert Stevenson
Writer: Robert Stevenson (novel "Kidnapped" and written)
Cast: Peter Finch [Alan Breck Stewart], James MacArthur [David Balfour], Bernard Lee [Captain Hoseason], John Laurie [Ebenezer Balfour], Niall MacGinnis [Mr. Shaun], Finlay Currie [Cluny MacPherson], Miles Malleson [Mr. Rankeillor], Duncan Macrae [The Highlander], Andrew Cruickshank [Colin Campbell], Peter O'Toole [Robin MacGregor], Alex Mackenzie [The Ferryman], Oliver Johnston [Mr. Campbell], Norman Macowan [Tinker, as Norman MacOwan], Eileen Way [Jennet Clouston], Jack Stewart
Storyline: Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventurer... When David Balfour's father dies, he is sent to live with his Uncle Ebenezer. When David learns that his uncle has stolen his father's property that should belong to him, Ebenezer tricks him into boarding a ship intent on selling him into servitude. The ship ends up colliding with another boat and they are forced to take on the lone survivor, Alan Breck Stewart. David leans of a plot to kill Alan and warns him. Together they take over the ship and Alan convinces David to help him get to land outside of the British ruling. To return the favor, Alan helps get a confession out of Ebenezer so that David can have the property and money his father left for him. The film ends as Alan leaves David to go on another adventure.
[97 min - Action | Adventure | Drama - English | Gaelic - Color (Technicolor) - USA - Walt Disney Productions]

 
 


 
 
 

 

 

Marie des Isles [aka Marie of the Isles] (1960) 
Director: Georges Combret
Writers: Georges Combret, Robert Gaillard (novel) and Pierre Maudru
Cast: Belinda Lee [Marie Bonnard], Alain Saury [Jacques du Parquet], Darío Moreno [Desmarais, the traitor], Magali Noël [Julie], Folco Lulli [Captain Le Fort], Jacques Castelot [Comte Cheneau de Saint-André], Noël Roquevert [Baracuda, the Pirate], Philippe Hersent [Baillard], Jean Clarieux, Charles Bouillaud, Alexandre Rignault, Luciano Benetti, Jean Tissier [Hampteau 
Bonnard, Marie's father], Jacqueline Porel
Storyline: This is a historical costume drama, with swashbuckling elements. The lovely Ms. Lee plays an innkeeper's daughter who marries an older French colonial official, but who is desired by a younger, attractive minor official. In 1635, Jacques du Parquet, the nephew of the well known explorer Belain d'Esnambic, enters a tavern in Dieppe, and falls in love with the daughter of the bartender, Marie Bonnard. He knows his noble family would disaprove such a marriage; besides, he is nominated for the post of governor in Martinica. He promised never to forget Marie, but as time goes by, she will accept to marry a rich and unscrupulous man, Monsieur de Saint-André. When her husband is appointed to serve in Martinica as General Commissioner, Marie demands to go with him. At her arrival, all sorts of trouble arrive: pirates take action against travellers and goods, rotten deals set the two officers against each 
other, and finally jealousy settles to make things worse. 
[100 min -  Adventure | Romance - French - Color (Eastmancolor) - France | Italy - Tibre Film, Radius Productions]

 

 

Morgan il pirata [aka Morgan, the Pirate] (1960) 
Directors: André De Toth and Primo Zeglio
Writers: Filippo Sanjust, André De Toth and Primo Zeglio
Cast: Steve Reeves [Henry Morgan], Valérie Lagrange [Dona Inez], Ivo Garrani [Governor Don José Guzman], Lidia Alfonsi [Dona Maria, as Lydia Alfonsi], Giulio Bosetti [Sir Thomas Modyford], Angelo Zanolli [David], George Ardisson [Walter, as Giorgio Ardisson], Dino Malacrida [Duke], Anita Todesco, Armand Mestral [L'Olonnais], Chelo Alonso [Concepcion], Giovanni Cianfriglia [Slave trader's assistant], Veriano Ginesi [Pirate], Aldo Pini [Pirate], Mimmo Poli [Pirate]
Storyline: A Welsh pirate raids up and down the Caribbean, battling the Spanish, the English and other pirates. Purchased as a slave in the Panama market by the Dona Inez, daughter of the Spanish Governor, Welshman Sir Henry Morgan soon finds himself in love with the young woman. Soon after however he commandeers the ship transporting him and other slaves and soon they are the scourge of Caribbean looting and attacking the mighty Spanish Empire. The pirates soon find themselves acting under the authority of the English and Morgan has only one goal: to attack and take control of Panama.  
[95 min - Adventure - Italian - Color (Technicolor) - Italy | France - Adelphia Compagnia Cinematografica, Compagnie Cinématographique de France, Lux Film]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peter Pan (1960)
Director: Vincent J. Donehue
Writers: Jerome Robbins (adaptation) and J.M. Barrie (play)
Cast: Mary Martin [Peter Pan], Cyril Ritchard [Mr. Darling / Captain Hook], Lynn Fontanne [Narrator], Maureen Bailey [Wendy / Jane], Margalo Gillmore [Mrs. Darling], Sondra Lee [Tiger Lily], Joe E. Marks [Smee], Norman Shelly [Nana / Crocodile], Joey Trent [John], Kent Fletcher [Michael], Jacqueline Mayro [Liza], Edmund Gaynes [Slightly], Bill Snowden [Curly], Carson Woods [Nibs], 
Benedict Herrman [First Twin, as Brad Herrman]
Storyline: In this magical tale about the boy who refuses to grow up, Peter Pan and his mischievous fairy sidekick Tinkerbell visit the nursery of Wendy, Michael and John Darling. With a sprinkling of pixie dust, Peter and his new friends fly out the nursery window and over London to Never-Never Land. The children experience many wonderful and exciting adventures with the Lost Boys, Tiger Lily's Indian tribe, and Peter's arch enemy the dastardly pirate Captain Hook.
[TV Movie - 100 min - Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical -  English - Color (Technicolor) - USA - National Broadcasting Company (NBC)]

 

 

 

 

 

Pirati della costa, I [aka Pirates of the Coast] (1960) 
Director: Domenico Paolella
Writers: Ugo Guerra, Luciano Martino, Ernesto Gastaldi (uncredited) and Bruno Rasia
Cast: Lex Barker [Luis Monterey], Estella Blain [Isabella], Livio Lorenzon [Olonese], Liana Orfei [Anna del Peru], Loris Gizzi [Don Fernando], John Kitzmiller [Rock], Nino Vingelli [Porro], Ignazio Balsamo [Brook], Nando Angelini [Manolito], Gianni Solaro [LaMotte], Enzo Fiermonte [Marcella], Corrado Annicelli, Tullio Altamura, Giovanni Vari, Nada Cortese
Storyline: In this swashbuckler, a 15th-century Spanish naval commander becomes a pirate in order to bring justice to a tyrannical governor. Luis de Monterey, a former Spanish captain, was sentenced to forced labor because the warship commanded fell into the hands of pirates along with the load carrying silver. But during transportation to the penal colony man heads a mutiny, seized the boat and head towards the base of the pirates: the Tortuga. Soon becomes one of the most daring adventurers. At the outbreak of the war between Spain and England, all the pirates decide to be at the service of the Spanish crown, except Olonese. The terrible pirate plans to deliver his ship and that of his friends to the British. 
[102 min - Adventure - Italian - Color - Italy | France - Romana Film, Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC)]

 

 

 

Robin Hood e i pirati [aka Robin Hood and the Pirates] (1960) 
Director: Giorgio Simonelli
Writers: Edoardo Anton (screenplay), Leo Bomba (screenplay), Marcello Ciorciolini (screenplay), Carlo Infascelli (story and screenplay) and Enrico Spadorcia (screenplay)
Cast: Lex Barker [Robin Hood], Jocelyn Lane [Karin Blain, as Jackie Lane], Rossana Rory [Lizbeth Brooks], Mario Scaccia [Jonathan Brooks], Walter Barnes [Guercio / Orbo], Edith Peters [Palla di Grasso / Bambola], Giulio Donnini [Golia / Hunchback Clown], Renato Chiantoni [Gladiacove], Mario Passante [Brooks' friend], Marco Tulli [Friar Lorenzo], Gino Buzzanca [Capitan 
Uncino], Renato Maddalena [Trinca], Renato Terra [Barbanera], Umberto Sacripante [Philips, Karin's Uncle], Edda Soligo [Olga, Karin's Nurse]
Storyline: On his way to (or from) the Crusades, Robin Hood is shipwrecked but saved by pirates who plan to return him home in order to ransom him to his father. The pirates' ship, however, sinks in a storm. Robin washes ashore (in England?) and learns that his father has been killed by the evil usurper, Brooks. Robin also meets a childhood sweetheart, Karin. The pirates now wash ashore as well. They decide to aid Robin in his efforts to overthrow Brooks. 
[88 min - Action | Adventure | Drama - Italian - Color (Eastmancolor) - Italy - Finanziaria Cinematografica Italiana (FICIT)]

 

 

 

 

 

Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
Director: Ken Annakin
Writers: Lowell S. Hawley (screenplay) and Johann David Wyss (novel)
Cast: John Mills [Father Robinson], Dorothy McGuire [Mother Robinson], James MacArthur [Fritz Robinson], Janet Munro [Roberta 'Bertie'], Sessue Hayakawa [Kuala, Pirate Chief], Tommy Kirk [Ernst Robinson], Kevin Corcoran [Francis Robinson], Cecil Parker [Captain Moreland], Andy Ho [Auban], Milton Reid [Big Pirate], Larry Taylor [Pirate]
Storyline: A family in route to New Guinea is shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island. They are forced to remain on the island because of the damage to the ship and the pirates that are roaming the islands. They create a home on the island (centering around a huge tree house) and explore the island and its wildlife. Plenty of adventure ensues as the family deals with issues of survival and pirates, and the brothers must learn how to live on the island with an uncertain future.
[126 min - Adventure | Family - English - Color (Technicolor) - USA - Walt Disney Productions]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venere dei pirati, La [aka Queen of the Pirates, The] (1960) 
Director: Mario Costa
Writers: John Byrne, Rolf Olsen (story), Kurt Nachmann (story) and Nino Stresa
Cast: Gianna Maria Canale [Sandra], Massimo Serato [Cesare Count of Santa Croce], Scilla Gabel [Isabella], Livio Lorenzon [Pirate Chief], Paul Muller [Duke Zulian], Moira Orfei [Jana], José Jaspe [Captain Mirko], Giustino Durano [Battista], Andrea Aureli, Franco Fantasia, Nando Tamberlani, Giulio Battiferri, Luigi Marturano, Gianni Solaro, Annamaria Mustari
Storyline: In 16th century Italy, on the Adriatic coast, the duchy of Doruzza is governed by a despotic duke, Zulian, and his haughty daughter, Isabella. When they try to commit a gross injutice against one of their subdits, the naval officer Mirko and his daughter Barbara get in their way, and end up persecuted and arrested. The count Cesar de Santacroce, Isabella's fiancee, intercedes for them, and they are set free - only to be arrested again by the treacherous Isabella. Isabella (who felt jealous of Sandra's beauty) dispatches her for slavery in the Middle East. Mirko escapes from his attackers, and manages to get control of the ship, and to free his daughter, who quickly becomes the queen of the Adriatic pirates. That will bring Cesare to a difficult choice between two different kinds of beauty, Isabella the powerful or Barbara the bountiful... 
[80 min - Action | Adventure | History - Italian - Color (Eastmancolor) - Italy | West Germany - MAX Film]