The Boy and the Pirates (1960)Young boy is magically transported back in time to a pirate ship on the high seas. Director:Bert I. Gordon |
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The Boy and the Pirates (1960)Young boy is magically transported back in time to a pirate ship on the high seas. Director:Bert I. Gordon |
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Charles Herbert | ... |
Jimmy Warren
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Susan Gordon | ... |
Katrina Van Keif /
Kathy
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Murvyn Vye | ... | |
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Paul Guilfoyle | ... |
Snipe
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| Joe Turkel | ... |
Abu the Genie
(as Joseph Turkel)
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Archie Duncan | ... |
Scoggins
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Than Wyenn | ... |
Hunter
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Albert Cavens | ... |
Dutch Captain
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Mickey Finn | ... |
Peake
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Morgan Jones | ... |
Mr. Warren
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Morgan
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Young boy is magically transported back in time to a pirate ship on the high seas.
This is another film that was regularly shown on the Chicago-area television program "Family Classics," remembered fondly on other posted for other films ("Snowfire" and "Journey to the Beginning of Time," to name a couple.) I am certain that re-watching it at my age would be a real mistake; even though it makes the occasional TCM appearance, I think I'll pass on it. But when I was six, boy, what a film! I looked forward to it every year. The old WGN, in it's pre-superstation days, was a haven for fans of movies, classic and otherwise, between Frazier Thomas's "Family Classics," the Saturday night "Creature Features," and the Sunday night "When Movies Were Movies." Those were the days when local programming was important. I am thankful to WGN TV for filling my childhood fantasies with these films. For now, Though, with this particular film, I'll let sleeping dogs lie.