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| 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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In 1674, "reformed" pirate Sir Henry Morgan is a high official in Jamaica, but Edward Maynard hopes to win a large reward by proving Morgan still dabbles in piracy. Maynard goes undercover as ship's surgeon with a Morgan henchman...who's been supplanted by notorious Blackbeard himself. Also on the ship is Edwina Mansfield, seemingly a damsel in distress, to whom there's much more than meets the eye. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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The thunder of their plundering shook the earth, the seas, the sky! See more »Parents Guide:
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29 June 1953 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
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$1,250,000, 31 December 1952Company Credits
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Initially, Robert Stevenson was to direct the picture, with a cast headed by Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Victor Mature and Jack Buetel. See more »Goofs
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Edwina Mansfield: [to Blackbeard] You slimy coward! You'd make the flesh crawl on a squid!See more »
Crazy Credits
Opening credits prologue: "The meeker the man, the more pirate he, Snug in his armchair, far from the sea, And reason commends his position: He has all of the fun and none of the woes, Masters the ladies and scuttles his foes, And cheats both the noose and perdition!""THE ARMCHAIR PIRATE" -Anon.- See more »
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I am gratified that so many others have commented on Robert Newton's completely over-the-top performance in the title role. Unfortunately, it completely transcends the otherwise conventional Hollywood pirate movie that surrounds it. When he's on the screen, nothing else exists. Yes, it's ham-acting at its hammiest but it's virtuoso ham acting that hardly anyone could hope to match. He rolls his eyes, growls, orates...he simply takes over the movie and almost gives ham-acting a good name. The only performances of this kind that I can think of which come close to matching him are Orson Welles (in many things but especially in "Black Magic") and Ralph Richardson in "Things to Come."