MOVIES - PIRATES 1974

• Capitán de quince años, Un [aka Fifteen Year Old Captain] (1974)
• Démoniaques, Les [aka Curse of the Living Dead] (1974)

• Deux ans de vacances [aka Two Years' Holidays] (1974)

• Señor de Osanto, El [aka Master of Ballantrae, The] (1974)
• South Seas (1974)
• Swiss Family Robinson (1974)
• Tigri di Mompracem, Le [aka Tigers of Mompracem, The] (1974)
• Yang chi [aka Bod Squad, The] (1974)

Capitán de quince años, Un [aka Fifteen Year Old Captain] (1974)
Director: Jesus Franco
Writers: José Antonio Arévalo, Gonzalo Cañas, Jesus Franco, Jules Verne (novel "Un Capitaine de 15 ans")
Cast: José Manuel Marcos [Dick Sand], Edmund Purdom [Admiral Marlowe], Marc Cassot [Captain Hull], Doris Thomas [Clara], Howard Vernon [Korda], Armand Mestral [Harris], William Berger [Negoro], Fernando Bilbao [Hercules], Sergio Mendizábal [Benedict], Luis Barboo, Alberto Dalbés [Vargas], Marisol Delgado [Clara's maid], Gonzalo Cañas [Bat]
Storyline: Dick Sand travels aboard the "Pilgrim" when, following dramatic events, the ship becomes without a captain. Fate has it so that, to keep all sailors in peace, he shall command the ship. All accept this arrangement, even Negoro - whose resentment will add treachery to circumstances already difficult to take the ship to safe harbour. To a point the task may prove impossible... 
[88 min - Action | Adventure - Spanish - Color - France | Spain]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Démoniaques, Les [aka Curse of the Living Dead] (1974)
Director: Jean Rollin
Writer: Jean Rollin
Cast: Joëlle Coeur [Tina], John Rico [Captain], Willy Braque [Bosco], Paul Bisciglia [Paul], Lieva Lone [Demoniac #1], Patricia Hermenier [Demoniac #2], Louise Dhour [Louise], Ben Zimet [Exorcist], Mireille Dargent [Clown], Miletic Zivomir [Devil], Isabelle Copejans [Barmaid], Yves Collignon [Barmaid's lover], Véronique Fanis [Girl in tavern], Monica Swinn [Girl in tavern, as Monika], Jacqueline Priest [Girl in tavern]
Storyline: A gang of pirates rape the two sole survivors of a ship wreck. The violated girls are rescued by the strange inhabitants of a supposedly haunted island, where they are granted supernatural powers to strike revenge against the pirates.
[95 min - Horror - French - Color (Eastmancolor) - France | Belgium - Général Films, Les Films ABC, Nordia Films]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deux ans de vacances [aka Two Years' Holidays] (1974)
Director: Gilles Grangier
Writers: Claude Desailly, Walter Ulbrich and Jules Verne
Cast: Franz Seidenschwan [Dick Sand], Marc Di Napoli [Doniphan Weldon], Dominique Planchot [Gordon], Didier Gaudron [Bryan], Cristian Sofron [Service Cross], Werner Pochath [Edward Forbes], Rainer Basedow [Joshua Pike], Aurel Giurumia [Koch], Constantin Nedelcu [Jim 'Jimmy'], Horia Pavel [Morris], Stefan Cristea [Henry], Bogdan Untaru [Ben], Rüdiger Bahr [Dick Sand], Christian Brückner [Edward Forbes], Erich Ebert [Erzähler], Mathias Einert [Service Cross], Hans Kraus [Captain Ackerby], Adrian Mihai, Uwe Paulsen [Doniphan Weldon], Marius Pepino [Foster], Pierre Peters-Arnolds [Ben], Knut Reschke [Gordon], Torsten Sense [Henry], Klaus Sonnenschein [Joshua Pike], Dieter Steinbrink [Bryan], Joachim Tennstedt [Dick Sand], Constantin Barbulescu [Lord Edward Buchanan], Michael Berechet [Kapitän Hull], Wolfgang Lukschy [Lord Edward Buchanan], Klaus Miedel [Kapitän Hull], Constantin Baltaretu [O'Brian], Gerd Duwner [Koch], Günther Kieslich [O'Brian], Reinhard Kolldehoff [Walston], Manfred Lehmann [Collin], Nucu Paunescu [Walston]
Storyline: The story of a group of young New Zealand school boys. Because one of them is the nephew of a ship captain, they win the opportunity to go on a sailing trip. Some pirates (Forbes and Pike) are looking for a boat so they can go and find treasure on a deserted island. They manage to be recruited as crew members on that same boat as the school boys. After a mutiny, the pirates take over the boat and take the young boys as hostages. Helped by O'Brian, the young kids manage to escape from the pirates with the boat. After a storm, they have to land on a deserted island. They have learned to live together in harmony if they want their community to survive, despite the rivalry within the group. But is this island really a deserted one? And can they really get away from the pirates?  
Episode List: E01 La Bouteille, E02 La Mutinerie, E03 Une côte sans nom, 04 L'île oubliée, 05 Installation sur l'île, 06 Le Trésor.
[TV Mini-Series (6 episodes) - 340 min - Adventure - French - Color - Romania | Belgium | France | Switzerland | West Germany - Filmstudio Bucuresti, Radio Télévision Belge (RTB), Radio-Télévision Française (RTF)]

 

 

 

 

Señor de Osanto, El [aka Master of Ballantrae, The] (1974)
Director: Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
Writers: José de la Colina, Jaime Humberto Hermosillo and Robert Louis Stevenson (novel "The Master of Ballantrae")
Cast: Daniela Rosen, Hugo Stiglitz, Mario Castillón Bracho, Farnesio de Bernal, Fernando Soler, Rogelio Guerra, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Salvador Sánchez, Carlos Castañón, Monica Hermosillo, Regino Herrera, Martin LaSalle, Roberto Leos, Abraham Méndez, Fernando Pinkus
[108 min - Drama | History | War -  Spanish - Color - Mexico - Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A.]

South Seas (1974)
Director: Pablo Santiago
Writers: Tommy C. David and Leo Martinez
Cast: Troy Donahue [Steve], Vic Vargas, Junero Jennings, Eva Reyes, Daria Ramirez
Storyline: The pirates are quite effective as rambling sadistic rapists and gorehounds should find their ration of thrills after standing the local dancing ceremonies.
[90 min - Action | Drama - Filipino | Tagalog -  Color - Philippines - Roda Film Productions]

 

Swiss Family Robinson (1974)
Cast: Michael Duhig [Ernest Robinson], Heather Graham [Marie Robinson], Diana Leblanc [Elizabeth Robinson, Mother], Ricky O'Neill [Franz Robinson], Chris Wiggins [Johann Robinson, Father]
1. The Arrival, 2. The Secret of Shark Island, 3. The Mark of Captain Keel, 4. The Curse of the Idol, 5. Animal Kingdom, 6. Bruno, 7. Attack of the Cat, 8. Lost at Sea, 9. A Time to Live and a Time to Die, 10. Cave of the Tiger, 11. Dead Man's Gold, 12. Terror on South Island, 13. The Visitor, 14. Nature's Child, 15. Return from Paradise, 16. Skeleton Clue, 17. Somewhere on this Earth, 18. Rescue, 19. Second Honeymoon, 20. Deadly Feast, 21. The Intruder, 22. The Weakest Link, 23. Monsoon, 24. The Castaway, 25. Rogue, 26. Disappearance
[TV Series - 30 min (26 episodes) - Adventure | Family - English - Color - Canada - Glen Warren Productions]

Tigri di Mompracem, Le [aka Tigers of Mompracem, The] (1974)
Director: Ugo Gregoretti
Writer: Emilio Salgari (novel)
Cast: Gigi Proietti [Sandokan], Tony Di Mitri [Yanez, as Tony Dimitri], Carlo Hinterman
Storyline: With his quintessential audacity and originality, Gregoretti decided to juxtapose Salgari’s prose with the most mundane everyday stories taken from ‘La Nuova Arena’, a Verona newspaper in which the serial novel was published in 1883. The result is a blend of current affairs, news, politics and adventures in instalments that is surprisingly reminiscent of the very latest experimental films. The staging, costumes and colour photography are all highly refined.
[TV Mini-Series - Adventure | Family - Italian - Italy - Radiotelevisione Italiana]

Yang chi [aka Bod Squad, The] (1974) 
Directors: Ernst Hofbauer and Chih-Hung Kuei
Writers: Yu-Hsun Chen and Yi Hsun Cheng
Cast: Hua Yueh [Ko Pao], Hui-Ling Liu [Ko Mei Mei], Sonja Jeannine [Donna], Diane Drube [Anna], Gillian Bray [Brenda], Tamara Elliot [Karen], Deborah Ralls [Celia], Hsieh Wang [Chao], Han Chiang [Chao's guard], Yang Chiang [One-Eyed Dragon], Yao Ko Chu, Hsiung Kao [Chao's guard], Ti Hua Ko [Tiao Tao Fu], Nino Korda [voice], Tsan-hsiung Ku
Storyline: Five Western girls are kidnapped by Chinese pirates and sold to a brothel. While they are being trained to become prostitutes, a couple of local citizens take mercy on them and plots their escape by teaching them kung-fu. The five scantily-clad girls, using their newfound martial arts skills then fight their way to freedom. 
[91 min - Action | Comedy - German | English | Mandarin - Color - Hong Kong | West Germany - Rapid Film, Shaw Brothers]