This is the attractive tale of a buccaneer who takes over a ship of corsairs and wreak havoc on the high seas. Stars an English buccaneer , a philander adventurer named Jeffrey Brook : Robert Woods who is imprisoned and sent to the colony of Canada. Aboard the ship along with other prisoners : Tania Alvarado , Cris Huerta , as thieves , crooks and prostitutes , Brook organizes a mutiny , fighting against the nasty captain : Angel Del Pozo in a thrilling fencing , as he takes the ship and is acclaimed the new captain. From now on , he battles on the high seas against the Spanish and Portuguese ships . In the island of Luson , he joins rebels : Armando Calvo to overthrow the new Portuguese governor : Miguel Del Castillo who eliminated the previous rulers.
This is an enjoyable entertainment juvenile romp, displaying noisy action , swordplay , fistplay and drops of humor with tongue in cheek. This release has some nice moments here and there and even nice battle-ship scenes with a lot of extras struggling and swashbuckling . Stars the always likeable Robert Woods who shows his athletic skills . He starred several Spaghetti Westerns , outstanding the following ones : Black Jack, Seven Guns for the Mc Gregor , My Name is Pecos , El Puro , Machine Gun Killlers . Being a Spanish/Italian co-production there appears several familiar faces of the Sixties and Seventies that usually worked in Spaghetti , Peplum , Giallo or thrillers , such as : the fatty Cris Huerta , Armando Calvo , Angel del Pozo , Miguel Del Castillo , Luis Induni , among others
Including an evocative and thrilling musical score by prolific Angelo Francesco Lavagnino . As well as atmospheric cinematography by Emilio Foriscot , being shot on location in Catalonian coast , Spain . The motion picture was regularly directed by Antonio Mollica , though is entertaining and amusing enough . Mollina was a mediocre writer/producer/director assistant and filmmaker who only directed three low budget films : two spaghetti western titled Twenty paces to death , Django born to kill or Nato per Uccidere and this Il Corsaro 1970 . Rating : 5/10 , average . Only for Robert Woods fans and Italian/Spanish co-productions or Euro-trash enthusiasts.
This is an enjoyable entertainment juvenile romp, displaying noisy action , swordplay , fistplay and drops of humor with tongue in cheek. This release has some nice moments here and there and even nice battle-ship scenes with a lot of extras struggling and swashbuckling . Stars the always likeable Robert Woods who shows his athletic skills . He starred several Spaghetti Westerns , outstanding the following ones : Black Jack, Seven Guns for the Mc Gregor , My Name is Pecos , El Puro , Machine Gun Killlers . Being a Spanish/Italian co-production there appears several familiar faces of the Sixties and Seventies that usually worked in Spaghetti , Peplum , Giallo or thrillers , such as : the fatty Cris Huerta , Armando Calvo , Angel del Pozo , Miguel Del Castillo , Luis Induni , among others
Including an evocative and thrilling musical score by prolific Angelo Francesco Lavagnino . As well as atmospheric cinematography by Emilio Foriscot , being shot on location in Catalonian coast , Spain . The motion picture was regularly directed by Antonio Mollica , though is entertaining and amusing enough . Mollina was a mediocre writer/producer/director assistant and filmmaker who only directed three low budget films : two spaghetti western titled Twenty paces to death , Django born to kill or Nato per Uccidere and this Il Corsaro 1970 . Rating : 5/10 , average . Only for Robert Woods fans and Italian/Spanish co-productions or Euro-trash enthusiasts.