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The Crimson Pirate
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The Crimson Pirate

MAN OF NINE LIVES AND 1000 SURPRISES!
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User Score158 ratings
TMDB 7.016+19521h 45mEnglish
AdventureComedy

Synopsis

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.

Director
Robert SiodmakFrom TMDB credits
Studio
Hecht-Lancaster Productions1 production companies
Release
September 27, 1952Released
Box Office
Budget $2M

Top Cast

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Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster
Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)
Nick Cravat
Nick Cravat
Ojo
Eva Bartok
Eva Bartok
Consuelo
Torin Thatcher
Torin Thatcher
Humble Bellows
James Hayter
James Hayter
Prof. Prudence
Leslie Bradley
Leslie Bradley
Baron Jose Gruda
Margot Grahame
Margot Grahame
Bianca
Noel Purcell
Noel Purcell
Pablo Murphy

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Reviews

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CinemaSerf
Sep 11, 2022

This is a great little vehicle for an almost 40 year-old Burt Lancaster to demonstrate his star quality (and not inconsiderable athleticism) alongside his long time friend and fellow acrobat Nick Cravat in this really quite enjoyable swashbuckler. The plot is all pretty routine stuff; pirate versus unpopular King, and the script probably ought not to go too near a microscope, but it isn't there to educate or inform, but to entertain - and it does. It's action packed, colourful and in the days before the computers did most of the work - a well staged, good looking film.

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