Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Gordon Douglas

Writers:

Frank Burt (writer)
Michael Hogan (writer)

Release Date:

19 May 1950 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot Keywords:

Swashbuckler | Beautiful Woman | Foreign Language Adaptation | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Cast

Louis Hayward	...	Capt. Peter Blood
Patricia Medina	...	Isabelita Sotomayor
George Macready	...	Marquis de Riconete
Alfonso Bedoya	...	Carmilio, Prison Overseer
Dona Drake	...	Pepita Maria Rosados
Lowell Gilmore	...	George Fairfax
Wilton Graff	...	Capt. Alvarado
Curt Bois	...	King Charles II
Lumsden Hare	...	Tom Mannering
Billy Bevan	...	Billy Bragg (as William Bevan)
Harry Cording	...	Will Ward
Duke York	...	Andrew Hardy
Sven Hugo Borg	...	Swede
Martin Garralaga	...	Antonio Viamonte
James Fairfax	...	Nat Russell

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Movie Connections:

Followed by Captain Pirate (1952)

Good family entertainment

I was in love with Louis Hayward and there is no more ardent love than a seven year old for a Pirate. I saw every film with Louis Hayward that came to the local cinema and I imagined I was the heroine of course! We had American friends and they had a home cinema and I saw this film and thought it was wonderful.

53 years later, what would I think - I hope it would transport me back over the years when the handsome Louis Hayward would be as dashing and romantic as he was when I first saw him. Good swashbuckling adventure. Must have made an impression when I remember it after 53 years.

I know Errol Flynn was the original "Peter Blood" in talking movies but Louis Hayward was the actor whom I saw in the 1950's in glorious colour. Yes, the colours in those movies in the 1950's were wonderful breathtaking after so many black and white movies.