Pirate Sir Cedrick Hardwick is seeking revenge on fatso who ruined him and took his young daughter 21 years ago so he outfits John Payne to impersonate fatso's nephew and ingratiate himself with him so Hardwick can invade his island fortress and run him through and reclaim his daughter, the feisty redhead Arlene Dahl.
Payne does so and in the meantime Dahl falls for him even tho she knows him to be her first cousin. Oh well, its the days of yore and what the heck, first cousin or no, she's got the hots. The native slaves on the island are in an uproar as well, so Payne helps them to revolt, Harwick lands and does in fatso but then Dahl does in Hardwick; she doesn't know Hardwick is her real father and Hardwick makes Payne promise to never tell her and so Dahl and Payne walk off into THE END.
This movie has terrible direction and even worse editing, but it is in living Technicolor and fatso has great duds so its OK. And it's not really a high seas pirate movie, it's more like a soapy drama taking place during pirate times with pirate ships and cannons and rubber swords.
Payne does so and in the meantime Dahl falls for him even tho she knows him to be her first cousin. Oh well, its the days of yore and what the heck, first cousin or no, she's got the hots. The native slaves on the island are in an uproar as well, so Payne helps them to revolt, Harwick lands and does in fatso but then Dahl does in Hardwick; she doesn't know Hardwick is her real father and Hardwick makes Payne promise to never tell her and so Dahl and Payne walk off into THE END.
This movie has terrible direction and even worse editing, but it is in living Technicolor and fatso has great duds so its OK. And it's not really a high seas pirate movie, it's more like a soapy drama taking place during pirate times with pirate ships and cannons and rubber swords.