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Director:

Raoul Walsh

Writers:

Alan Le May (screenplay)
DeVallon Scott (story)

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Release Date:

15 July 1953 (Japan) more

Genre:

Adventure more

Tagline:

The thunder of their plundering shook the earth, the seas, the sky!

Plot:

Honest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard. full summary | add synopsis

User Comments:

A classic more (16 total)


Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Robert Newton ... Edward Teach / Blackbeard
Linda Darnell ... Edwina Mansfield
William Bendix ... Ben Worley
Keith Andes ... Robert Maynard
Torin Thatcher ... Sir Henry Morgan
Irene Ryan ... Alvina, a lady in waiting
Alan Mowbray ... Noll
Richard Egan ... Briggs
Skelton Knaggs ... Gilly
Dick Wessel ... Dutchman
Anthony Caruso ... Pierre La Garde
Jack Lambert ... Tom Whetstone
Noel Drayton ... Jeremy

Pat Flaherty ... Job Maggot
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Blackbeard the Pirate (USA) (promotional title)
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Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

West Germany:12 (nf) | USA:Approved (certificate #15976) | Finland:K-16 | UK:U | Iceland:12


Fun Stuff

Quotes:

Blackbeard: What be your name, girl?
Edwina Mansfield: Blackbeard!
Blackbeard: No, I be Blackbeard!
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Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Yellowbeard (1983) more


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A classic, 22 November 2006
8/10
Author: whodunitinvt from United States

This film seemed to be a staple of late nineteen fifties Saturday afternoon television. Even a ten year old could discern the broad elements of self-parody, and the motley collection of Dickensian characters....Equally important, the movie contains one of cinema's greatest one-liners: "I am the King of Spain!", perhaps second only in the low budget genre to "Slowly I turned." Yes, am a self-admitted Abbott & Costello fan as well, but "Blackbeard" outshines "Abbott & Costello Meet Captain Kidd" (1952)in almost every category. Perfection of a definitively weird sort, but perfection none the less. Alas, never actually saw it on the large screen.

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