MOVIES - PIRATES 1964

• Devil-Ship Pirates, The (1964)
• Pirati della Malesia, I [aka Pirates of Malaysia, The] (1964)
• Sandok, il Maciste della giungla [aka Temple of the White Elephant] (1964)
• Sandokan alla riscossa [aka Sandokan Fights Back] (1964)
• Sandokan contro il leopardo di Sarawak [aka Sandokan Against the Leopard of Sarawak] (1964)
• Sansone contro il corsaro nero [aka Hercules and the Black Pirates] (1964) 
• Théâtre de la jeunesse: Les aventures de David Balfour, Le [aka Youth Theatre: The Adventures of David Balfour, The] (1964)
• Totò contro il pirata nero [aka Toto vs. the Black Pirate] (1964) 
• Uomo mascherato contro i pirati, L' [aka Masked Man Against the Pirates, The] (1964) 
• Wu hu jiang [aka Treasure Island] (1964) 

Devil-Ship Pirates, The (1964)
Director: Don Sharp
Writer: Jimmy Sangster
Cast: Christopher Lee [Captain Robeles], Andrew Keir [Tom, Harry's father], John Cairney [Harry], Duncan Lamont [The Bosun], Michael Ripper [Pepe, a pirate], Ernest Clark [Sir Basil Smeeton], Barry Warren [Don Manuel Rodriguez de Savilla], Suzan Farmer [Angela Smeeton], Natasha Pyne [Jane, Harry's sister], Annette Whiteley [Meg], Charles Houston [Pirate], Philip Latham [Miller], Harry Locke [Bragg], Leonard Fenton [Pirate], Jack Rodney [Mandrake]
Storyline: A pirate ship, fighting in 1588 on the side of the Spanish Armada, suffers damage and must put into a village on the British coast for repairs. The village is small and isolated and the Spanish convince the villagers that the English fleet has been defeated and that they, the Spanish, are now their masters. This results in the villagers' sullen cooperation, but rumors and unrest begin to spread and soon the Spanish pirates find themselves facing a revolt.
[86 min - Action | Adventure | Thriller - English - Color (Eastmancolor) - UK - Hammer Film Productions]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pirati della Malesia, I [aka Pirates of Malaysia, The] (1964)
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Writers: Víctor Andrés Catena, Jaime Comas Gil (as Jaime Comas), Ugo Liberatore (screenplay and story) and Emilio Salgari (novel)
Cast: Steve Reeves [Sandokan], Jacqueline Sassard [Princess Hada], Mimmo Palmara [Tremal-Naïk], Andrea Bosic [Yanez], Nando Gazzolo [Lt. Clintock], Leo Anchóriz [Lord Brook, as Leo Anchoris], Franco Balducci [Sambigliong], Pierre Cressoy [Captain of the Young India], Giuseppe Addobbati [Muda Hassin], Nando Angelini, Dakar [Kammamuuri, as Alejandro Barrera Dakar], 
George Wang [Sho Pa], Sujata [Dancer], Asoka [Dancer], Fortunato Arena [English officer]
Storyline: It is the story of a Malaysian rebel, Sandokan, who, with his group of fanatic renegades, tries to thwart an evil British general from forcing the good king Hassim to resign in favor of the Imperial crown. 
[110 min - Action | History - Italian - Color - Italy | Spain | West Germany | France - Filmes-Euro International Films, La Société des Films Sirius, Lacy Internacional Films]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sandok, il Maciste della giungla [aka Temple of the White Elephant] (1964)
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Writers: Fulvio Gicca Palli and Umberto Lenzi
Cast: Sean Flynn [Tenente Dick Ramsey], Alessandra Panaro [Cynthia Montague], Marie Versini [Princess Dhara], Mimmo Palmara [Parvati Sandok], Arturo Dominici [Maharajah], Giacomo Rossi-Stuart [Reginald Milliner], Fortunato Arena [Sect member], Salvatore Borghese [Sect member], Andrea Bosic [Colonel], Giorgio Cerioni [John Willoughby], Giovanni Cianfriglia [Krishna], Dakar [Sect member], Enzo Fiermonte [Sgt. Major], Jacques Herlin [English Officer], Nello Pazzafini [Sect member]
Storyline: In India, a group of religious fanatics, the Sikkim rebels, capture an English lieutenant and the daughter of the Viceroy. The Sikkim belong to the deadly sect of the White Elephant, and are very cunning and dangerous. Lieutenant Dick Ramsey (played by Sean Flynn), captain of the lancers, engineers a scheme to save the two captives. After having been degraded and locked up in order to trick the rebels, he escapes, and makes his way into the jungle to find the mysterious temple. Along the way he meets Sandok and Prince Dahara, who both join Ramsey in unmasking the sect and saving the two captives. 
[85 min - Action | Adventure | Drama - Italian - Color - Italy | France - Filmes, Capitole Films] 

 

 

 

 

Sandokan alla riscossa [aka Sandokan Fights Back] (1964)
Director: Luigi Capuano
Writers: Dietmar Behnke (dialogue: German version), Luigi Capuano, Arpad DeRiso and Emilio Salgari (novel)
Cast: Ray Danton [Sandokan], Guy Madison [Yanez], Franca Bettoia [Samoa], Mario Petri [Sir Charles Brooks], Alberto Farnese [Tremal Naik], Mino Doro [Lumbo], Giulio Marchetti [Sagapar], Sandro Moretti [Kammamuri], Ferdinando Poggi [Teotokris' Complice, as Nando Poggi], Raf Baldassarre [Teotrokis the Greek], Isarco Ravaioli [Sitar]
Storyline: When Sandokan learns he is the rightful heir to the throne of Malaysia, he immediately sets of to claim his land back.
[91 min - Adventure - Italian - Color - Italy | West Germany - Eichberg-Film, Liber Film]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sandokan contro il leopardo di Sarawak [aka Sandokan Against the Leopard of Sarawak] (1964)
Director: Luigi Capuano
Writers: Luigi Capuano, Arpad DeRiso and Emilio Salgari (novel)
Cast: Ray Danton [Sandokan], Franca Bettoia [Samoa], Guy Madison [Yanez], Mario Petri [Sir Charles Brooks], Alberto Farnese [Tremal Naik], Mino Doro [Lumbo], Aldo Bufi Landi [Rajani], Giulio Marchetti [Sagapar], Romano Giomini, Adriano Vitale, Giuliana Farnese, Ferdinando Poggi [Assumbata], Franco Fantasia [Kuron], Hal Frederick [Kalam]
Storyline: First it is the second part of "Sandokan alla riscossa" is a short summary tells us about Sandokan's fight for recovering his well-deserved throne and doing away with the British usurper. Samoa is kidnapped and held captive hypnotized in caves by her cousin Charles Brooks, whose father has been murdered by her future husband Sandokan, lord of Malaya. Assisted by his European friend  Yanez , he wants to rescue her.
[88 min - Adventure - Italian - Color (Eastmancolor) - Italy | West Germany | Monaco - Eichberg-Film, Liber Film]

 

 

 

Sansone contro il corsaro nero [aka Hercules and the Black Pirates] (1964) 
Director: Luigi Capuano
Writers: Arpad DeRiso and Piero Pierotti
Cast: Sergio Ciani [Samson, as Alan Steel], Rosalba Neri [Rosita], Piero Lulli [Rodrigo Sanchez], Andrea Aureli [Il corsaro nero], Enzo Maggio, Elisa Mainardi [Carmelita], Simonetta Simeoni, Nello Pazzafini, Margherita Bossi, Cinzia Bruno [Alma], Nerio Bernardi [Governatore di Hermosa], Anna Arena, Ignazio Balsamo, Giulio Battiferri, Gilberto Galimberti [Pirata]
Storyline: Brave and noble Samson fights pirates as a soldier in the royal army. He wants to marry lovely fair maiden Rosita, but her haughty governor father disapproves. Meanwhile, the cunning and duplicitous Rodrigo Sanchez joins forces with the wicked the Black Pirate to thwart Samson.
[93 min - Action | Adventure | Drama - Italian - Color - Italy - Romana Film]

 

 

Smuggler's Bay (1964)
Series cast summary: Frazer Hines [John Trenchard], John Phillips [Elzevir Block], Suzanne Neve [Grace Maskew], Robert Brown [Sam Tewkesbury], Patrick Troughton [Ratsey], Robert James [Mr. Glennie], Alan Haywood [Tom Farley], Brian Jackson [Ben Field], Paul Curran [Magistrate Maskew], Nancy Nevinson [Mrs. Belmore], Margot Lister [Granny Tucker]
Storyline: 1. A Death and a Discovery, 2. In the Vault, 3. The Auction, 4. A Reward of Fifty Pounds, 5. Found... and Lost Again, 6. On the Beach
[TV Series - 30 min - Adventure - English - UK - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)]


Théâtre de la jeunesse: Les aventures de David Balfour, Le [aka Youth Theatre: The Adventures of David Balfour, The] (1964)
Director: Alain Boudet
Writers: Jean-Louis Roncoroni (adaptation) and Robert Louis Stevenson (novel)
Episode credited cast: René Arrieu, Michel Beaune, Fernand Berset, Etienne Bierry, Teddy Bilis, Marguerite Cassan, Gérard Dournel, Serge Ducher, Jean Galland, Renée Gardès, Gabriel Jabbour, Francis Nani, Bernard Noël, Claude Piéplu, Jean-Jacques Steen
Storyline: "The Adventures of David Balfour" by Robert Louis Stevenson, adapted by Alain Boudet, are in Scotland in the early 18th century. Young David has just lost his father who was never informed about the true origins of his family. He discovers that his family is noble, it has a house in Edinburgh but his uncle, his only parent, is an old...
[TV Episode]

Totò contro il pirata nero [aka Toto vs. the Black Pirate] (1964) 
Director: Fernando Cerchio
Writers: Francesco Luzi (screenplay and story) and Nino Stresa (screenplay and story) 
Cast: Aldo Bufi Landi [Manolo], Pietro Carloni [Il Governatore], Mario Castellani [Il Pirata con l'uncino], Giacomo Furia [Don Carlos d'Aragona], Veriano Ginesi, Romano Giomini, Romano Giovannini, Aldo Giuffrè [Tenente Burrasca], Mario Petri [Il pirata nero], Franco Ressel [Lo Sfregiato], Amerigo Santarelli [Pirate], Maria Grazia Spina [Isabella], Totò [José], Bruno Ukmar [Spanish Soldier]
Storyline: José makes the thief to escape the guards and hide in a barrel. But it so happens that this barrel is embarked on a pirate ship, commanded by the notorious pirate Black José is discovered and received between the pirates and even appointed official after the battle with a Spanish ship. But when the pirates attack the castle of the Spanish governor, Jose helps Isabella, the daughter of the governor and thus challenge the Black Pirate Things seem to go wrong.
[102 min - Comedy - Italian - Color - Italy - Liber]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uomo mascherato contro i pirati, L' [aka Masked Man Against the Pirates, The] (1964) 
Director: Vertunnio De Angelis
Writers: Aldo Barni, Giorgio Costantino, Vertunnio De Angelis and Dino Sant'Ambrogio  
Cast: George Hilton [Suarez], Claude Dantes [Princess Anne], Giovanni Vari [Cpt. Pedro Ramon Garcia, as John Vari], José Torres [Josh, The Raven], Pietro De Vico, Tony Kendall [Captain Ruiz], Gina Rovere, Luciano Benetti, Lucio De Santis, Mario Zicavo, Giorgio Costantini, Laura Forest, Adriana Tucci, Christa Windish-Graetz
Storyline: Pirates capture a Spanish ship. After having landed on an island, they try to sell the surviving crew, especially the women. One of them is protected by a pirate who gained her as a prize for having saved the captain's life in the battle that ensued. Suddenly a man masked in green arrives and performs - ever haunting - in favour of the Spanish. 
[105 min - Adventure - Italian - Color (Eastmancolor) - Italy - Rio Film, Seven Film, Titanus]

 

Wu hu jiang [aka Treasure Island] (1964) 
Directors: Hsin-yan Chang, Qi Fu
Writers: Sum Cheung and Ran Zhou
Cast: Tseng Chang, Sisi Chen, Qi Fu, Fan Ping, Baozhen Wang
[Action - Mandarin - Color - China - Great Wall]