Feature1952·105m·7.0

The Crimson Pirate

MAN OF NINE LIVES AND 1000 SURPRISES!

AdventureComedy

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.

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Cast

Burt Lancaster

Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)

Nick Cravat

Ojo

Eva Bartok

Consuelo

Torin Thatcher

Humble Bellows

James Hayter

Prof. Prudence

Leslie Bradley

Baron Jose Gruda

Margot Grahame

Bianca

Noel Purcell

Pablo Murphy

Frederick Leister

Sebastian

Eliot Makeham

Governor

Frank Pettingell

Colonel

Dana Wynter

La Signorita

Christopher Lee

Joseph (attache)

Ewan Roberts

Claw Paw

John Chandos

Stub Ear

Derek Tansley

Patch Eye

Charles Farrell

Poison Paul

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
$1.9M
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Hecht-Lancaster Productions

Crew

Director

Robert Siodmak

Writers

Roland Kibbee

Otto Heller

Director of Photography

William Alwyn

Original Music Composer

Jack Harris

Editor

Margaret Furse

Costume Design

Marjorie Best

Costume Design

Gallery

Reviews

CinemaSerf

9/11/2022

7.0

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.