During the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.
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| 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. Elihu Prudence | |
| Leslie Bradley | ... | Baron José Gruda | |
| Margot Grahame | ... | Bianca | |
| Noel Purcell | ... | Pablo Murphy | |
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Frederick Leister | ... | Sebastian |
| Eliot Makeham | ... | Governor | |
| Frank Pettingell | ... | Colonel | |
| Dana Wynter | ... | La Signorita (as Dagmar Wynter) | |
| Christopher Lee | ... | Joseph - Military Attaché | |
| Ewan Roberts | ... | Claw Paw | |
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John Chandos | ... | Stub Ear |
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Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the late 1700s. A light hearted adventure involving prison breaks, an oddball Scientist, sailing ships, naval fights, and tons of swordplay. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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27 September 1952 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$1,850,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
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Slimy: He's guilty!
Humble Bellows: So much for the trial. Now for execution.
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(uncredited)
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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. See more »Quotes
Humble Bellows: Meantime, we got regular pirate business to settle. We got the plank, the culprit and the verdict. All we need's a trial, an execution and a sentence.Slimy: He's guilty!
Humble Bellows: So much for the trial. Now for execution.
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What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor?(uncredited)
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Caribbean Pirates have always been a staple for Hollywood. For that matter, pirates of the open sea are selected because there's always a colorful (if you consider black to be colorful) character within most sea epics. If Hollywood were to make a realistic movie of the exploits of real pirates, the film would be condemned. True depiction of actual pirates would include brutality, torture, robbery, butchery, ravishment, rape and wanton murder and would have investors scrambling for an army of lawyers. But since American audiences are not ready for realistic pirates, they can only provide us with child-proof ones. In the nineteen fifties, Hollywood created the rousing tale of the "Crimson Pirate" which starred handsome, debonair, wide smiling Burt Lancaster, as Captain Vello. A fun film to be sure and one which includes, his old friend, Nick Cravat as Lt. Ojo, Torin Thatcher as Humble Bellows, Leslie Bradley as the villain, Baron Jose Gruda, Noel Purcell as Pablo Murphy and of course, beautiful Eva Bartok as Consuelo. It's an old formula, boy pirate hopping for a big score, falls for lovely girl who's idealistic father is in prison by royal decree. Smitten, the courageous and action oriented outlaw, is reformed and with love as his goal, risks all to redeem himself and his crew. An interesting and fun adventure for Lancaster fans. ****