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Director:
Writers:
Harold Lamb (1938 screenplays)
C. Gardner Sullivan (1938 screenplays)
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Release Date:
1 December 1958 (USA) more
Tagline:
Piercing Drama of La Fitte - Man or Devil ?
Plot:
During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
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(3 articles)
The 'Other' Lone Ranger Dies
(From WENN. 23 September 2009, 2:56 PM, PDT)
Composer Elmer Bernstein Dies at 82
(From IMDb News. 19 August 2004)
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Historical movie about Jean LaFitte's aid to New Orleans during the War of 1812. more (24 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Yul Brynner | ... | Jean Lafitte |
 | Claire Bloom | ... | Bonnie Brown |
 | Charles Boyer | ... | Dominique You |
 | Inger Stevens | ... | Annette Claiborne |
| Henry Hull | ... | Ezra Peavey |
 | E.G. Marshall | ... | Gov. William Claiborne |
 | Charlton Heston | ... | Gen. Andrew Jackson |
| Lorne Greene | ... | Mercier |
| Ted de Corsia | ... | Capt. Rumbo |
| Douglass Dumbrille | ... | Collector of the Port |
| Robert F. Simon | ... | Capt. Brown |
| Sir Lancelot | ... | Scipio |
| Fran Jeffries | ... | Cariba - Mawbee Girl |
| John Dierkes | ... | Deacon |
| Ken Miller | ... | Young Sentry |
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119 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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USA:Approved (PCA #18880) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15
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Facts were changed to protect 1950s sensitivities. Lafitte did have an affair with a Claybourne lady, but it was the Governor's wife, not his daughter. more
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Features For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) more
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This movie has great stars in their earlier years: Ingor Stevens never looked prettier; Yul Brynner was a very convincing Jean LaFitte, conflicted about his piracy and desiring to keep neutrality with the United States. Charlton Heston did a pretty good job as Andrew Jackson, but some moments were a bit stilted. It's really a good flick for students to learn that part of our history, AND it shows that all happy endings do NOT include the lovers getting together with each other--sometimes the happier ending is that they sail away and find partners of similar background who will understand them better in the long run. I have viewed it every year at least twice for 16 years now; and though it is not the best movie I've ever seen, I love it every time!