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The Crimson Pirate

    Adventure
    Comedy
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Sep 27, 1952
Rated NR

Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the late 1700s. A light hearted adventure involving prison breaks, an oddball scientist, sailing ships, naval fights and tons of swordplay.

Details

  • Directors
  • Budget
    $1,850,000
  • Vote Average
    6.9
  • Vote Count
    140
  • Popularity
    16
  • Language
    English
  • Origin Country
    US

Cast

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Burt Lancaster
Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)
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Nick Cravat
Ojo
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Eva Bartok
Consuelo
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Torin Thatcher
Humble Bellows
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James Hayter
Prof. Prudence
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Leslie Bradley
Baron Jose Gruda
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Margot Grahame
Bianca
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Noel Purcell
Pablo Murphy
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Frederick Leister
Sebastian
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Eliot Makeham
Governor
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Frank Pettingell
Colonel
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Dana Wynter
La Signorita
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Christopher Lee
Joseph (attache)
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Ewan Roberts
Claw Paw
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John Chandos
Stub Ear
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Derek Tansley
Patch Eye
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Charles Farrell
Poison Paul

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Reviews

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CinemaSerf
70%
This is a great little vehicle for an almost 40 year-old Burt Lancaster to demonstrate his star quality (and not inconsiderable athleticism) alongside his long time friend and fellow acrobat Nick Cravat in this really quite enjoyable swashbuckler. The plot is all pretty routine stuff; pirate versus unpopular King, and the script probably ought not to go too near a microscope, but it isn't there to educate or inform, but to entertain - and it does. It's action packed, colourful and in the days before the computers did most of the work - a well staged, good looking film.