Pirates of Tortuga (1961)

An English captain and his crew are dispatched to the Spanish-controlled island of Tortuga, where famed privateer Henry Morgan has defected from his support of the English Empire and is ... See full summary »

Director:

Robert D. Webb

Writers:

Jesse Lasky Jr. (screenplay) (as Jesse L. Lasky Jr.), Melvin Levy (screenplay)

Stars:

Ken Scott, Letícia Román, Dave King

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Ken Scott	...	Bart Paxton
Letícia Román	...	Meg Graham
Dave King	...	Pee Wee
John Richardson	...	Percy
Rafer Johnson	...	John Gammel
Robert Stephens	...	Henry Morgan
Rachel Stephens	...	Phoebe
Stanley Adams	...	Captain Montbars
Edgar Barrier	...	Sir Thomas Mollyford
James Forrest	...	Reggie
Patrick Sexton	...	Randolph
Arthur Gould-Porter	...	Bonnett
Hortense Petra	...	Lola
Malcolm Cassell	...	Kipper

Storyline

An English captain and his crew are dispatched to the Spanish-controlled island of Tortuga, where famed privateer Henry Morgan has defected from his support of the English Empire and is running a strictly piratical venture, stopping any and all vessels including English.

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Plot Keywords:

homosexual subtext | male male relationship | bare chested male | manipulative female | possessive female | 

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Genres:

Adventure

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

October 1961 (USA)

Also Known As:

I pirati di Tortuga

Company Credits

Production Co:

Clover Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

At the opening of Jamaica scene (#10 - A Pirate's Liberty, in the DVD), there are inserts of two bar girls in a slap fight and a scene of bear wrestling, taken from Anne of the Indies (1951).

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Goofs

At the opening of the theatrical trailer (also in the DVD), before the inserts of two bar girls in a slap fight and a scene of bear wrestling, taken from Anne of the Indies, one sees the name of a ship going away from the camera: 'Sheba Queen'. The letters are inverted, as on a mirror. The ship close-up is not part of the film itself.

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Connections

Edited from Anne of the Indies (1951)

User Reviews

Your mission, go fishin' for Henry Morgan

Pirates Of Tortuga has Captain Ken Scott who is a privateer on a special mission from the Admiralty. He's been told that Henry Morgan the pirate king with whom they had a deal with when Great Britain was at war with Spain has gone rogue again and set himself in grand style living on Tortuga Island as a pirate king. His living of course is the commerce of the merchant fleet of the West Indies. He's been so good at it that Jamaica is close to starvation.

Scott's mission is relieve Jamaica first then get Morgan. Not so easy, but with his picked crew of buccaneers he's confident that they'll get the job done.

Going along for the ride is stowaway Leticia Roman, a cut purse from London who Scott feels sorry for. She's trouble at first, but proves her worth.

Olympic track star Rafer Johnson has a small part in Pirates Of Tortuga and Robert Stephens plays a dastardly Morgan.

Pirates Of Tortuga was done on the cheap with ample stock footage from such 20th Century Fox classics as the Black Swan and Anne Of The Indies.

Pleasant afternoon viewing for action/adventure fans.