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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Roland Kibbee (written by)
Release Date:
27 September 1952 (USA) more
Tagline:
MAN OF NINE LIVES AND 1000 SURPRISES! (original print ad - all caps) more
Plot:
Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
A Shout-Out to the Silent Sidekicks
(From IFC. 7 May 2009, 10:59 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
Rousing, ridiculous fun more (35 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Burt Lancaster | ... | Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate) |
 | Nick Cravat | ... | Ojo |
| Eva Bartok | ... | Consuelo |
| Torin Thatcher | ... | Humble Bellows |
| James Hayter | ... | Prof. Prudence |
| Leslie Bradley | ... | Baron Jose Gruda |
| Margot Grahame | ... | Bianca |
| Noel Purcell | ... | Pablo Murphy |
| Frederick Leister | ... | Sebastian |
| Eliot Makeham | ... | Governor |
| Frank Pettingell | ... | Colonel |
 | Dana Wynter | ... | La Signorita (as Dagmar Wynter) |
 | Christopher Lee | ... | Joseph (attache) |
| Ewan Roberts | ... | Claw Paw |
| John Chandos | ... | Stub Ear |
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Runtime:
105 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate #15427) | West Germany:12 (nf) | Australia:G | Finland:K-16 | Norway:12 | Sweden:Btl | UK:U
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In his autobiography, Christopher Lee claimed that Robert Siodmak changed the original screenplay: "The script started life as serious, nay solemn, but Robert Siodmak, the director, with all the sure touch of real tension behind him in The Killers and The Spiral Staircase, took stock of the material in forty-eight hours and turned it into a comedy." more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Vallo and Ojo fly to the pirate ship in the hot air balloon, you can see the rope controlling the balloon as they jump into the rigging of the ship. more
Quotes:
Humble Bellows:
Thou hast a generous choice: the gallows, or the sea.
Prof. Prudence:
[walks to Vallo] If it won't crowd you?
Vallo:
I'd rather you weren't coming, but I don't want to seem inhospitable.
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Referenced in Ken Adam: Designing Bond (2000) (V) more
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for The Crimson Pirate (1952)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| I LOVE Pirate Movies | auroradisney |
| WB should make a new version | naorz |
| Yvonne DeCarlo? | kcrosser |
| my dad memories | oz_nxt |
| love pirates? | irunwitscissors |
| Where was this filmed? | Ourorboros |
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Once you suspend disbelief you can have a glorious time at this movie. The Technicolor looks fabulous on DVD, Burt Lancaster is an Adonis if ever there were, and there's silly fun to spare all around, from the striped tights to the giddy pitched battles and doofus redcoats to the springy Cravat.
You can easily see Spielberg and George Lucas learning their pacing and craft from this director, as well as outlandish stunts and fantastical conceits. You can't help but get caught up in it.
Not only that, those two kisses shared by Burt 'n Eva are HOT. Yumm.
For contrast, view Lancaster in Sweet Smell Of Success. Utter control.