A group of ruthless pirates attack a seventeenth century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Kerwin Mathews | ... | Jonathon Standing | |
| Glenn Corbett | ... | Henry | |
| Christopher Lee | ... | Capt. LaRoche | |
| Peter Arne | ... | Hench - a Pirate | |
| Marla Landi | ... | Bess Standing | |
| Oliver Reed | ... | Brocaire - a Pirate | |
| Andrew Keir | ... | Jason Standing | |
| Michael Ripper | ... | Mack - a Pirate | |
| David Lodge | ... | Smith | |
| Dennis Waterman | ... | Timothy Blackthorne | |
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Jack Stewart | ... | Godfrey Mason |
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Lorraine Clewes | ... | Martha Blackthorne |
| Jerold Wells | ... | Penal Colony Master | |
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In a village of Huguenot refugees, Jonathon Standing is exiled by his father to a nearby penal colony for his improper relationship with a married woman. This penal colony is then invaded by pirates who force Jonathan to lead them back to his village, convinced that it contains a great treasure. Written by dinky-4 of Minneapolis
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They were known as the Huguenots. They found their haven and called it the Isle of Devon, and gave thanks to God for their deliverance.
But in years to come, the just laws of the Colony began to yield to greed and tyranny.
Happiness became an echo of the past. Freedom-just a memory. See more »
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When approached by Michael Carreras to write a script for a pirate movie, Jimmy Sangster was cautioned by the producer that they couldn't afford a ship. The ship seen from long shot in the beginning was a stock shot. See more »Goofs
Piranha fish do not behave as depicted (instantly approaching and quickly devouring any large creatures which enter water near them). That is a myth. See more »Quotes
Brocaire, a pirate: [Realizes the sword thrust through him is fatal] Oh, Mama...[He falls over dead]
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Opening credits prologue: At the end of the seventeenth century, men, women and children voyaged far from their mother country, seeking some haven from persecution.They were known as the Huguenots. They found their haven and called it the Isle of Devon, and gave thanks to God for their deliverance.
But in years to come, the just laws of the Colony began to yield to greed and tyranny.
Happiness became an echo of the past. Freedom-just a memory. See more »
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In the seventeenth-century, a young Huegonot (Kerwin Mathews) escapes from a West Indies penal colony and joins forces with a treasure-obsessed pirate (Christopher Lee)...
Action-adventure in the Carribbean, Hammer-style, with not one but two Hollywood flavor-of-the-month hunks -Kerwin Mathews & Glenn Corbett (whatever happened to him?). Plenty of cutlass clashing (including a climactic one between Mathews and Lee), derring-do, and faux French accents but with all the swamp chases, you'd think at least one character would get gobbled up by quicksand. Unfortunately, none did. There were, however, enough saber-stabbings, booby-traps (including a spiked pit), musket skirmishes, and death by piranha (hence the title, "Blood River") to satisfy the easily amused. It was filmed on the back lots of Hammer's Bray Studios and stereotypes abounded from the sexy, nearly iconic Christopher Lee as the black-clad, one-eyed pirate king to a barrel-chested Oliver Reed as one of his lusty mates. The killed-off-all-too-soon Ollie cut a handsome, husky figure as did an earnest Glenn Corbett who's constipated acting made the rather lethargic Kerwin Mathews look like Sarah Bernhardt. Oddly enough (or not), Kerwin didn't have a femme love interest but Glenn did -the lackluster Marla Landi who looked a lot like Madeline Rhue. All in all, an agreeable time-waster, of interest mainly for it's idiosyncratic international beefcake.