The Crimson Pirate (1952)
MAN OF NINE LIVES AND 1000 SURPRISES!
105 min
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.
- Release date
- August 27, 1952
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $1,850,000
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Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)
- Nick Cravat as Ojo
- Eva Bartok as Consuelo
- Torin Thatcher as Humble Bellows
- James Hayter as Prof. Elihu Prudence
- Leslie Bradley as Baron José Gruda
- Margot Grahame as Bianca
- Noel Purcell as Pablo Murphy
- Frederick Leister as Sebastian
- Eliot Makeham as Governor
- Frank Pettingell as Colonel
- Dana Wynter as La Signorita
- Christopher Lee as Joseph - Military Attaché
- Ewan Roberts as Claw Paw
- John Chandos as Stub Ear
- Derek Tansley as Patch Eye
- Charles Farrell as Poison Paul
- Violet Farebrother as Dowager (uncredited)
- Charles Horvath as Seaman (uncredited)
- Harry Lane as Seaman (uncredited)
- Barry Lowe as Pirate (uncredited)
- John Penrose as Captain Rodriguez (uncredited)
- Umberto Sacripante as Pirate (uncredited)
- George Woodbridge as Pirate (uncredited)
- Dennis Wyndham as Rebel in Wine Cellar (uncredited)
Crew
- Robert Siodmak · Director
- Roland Kibbee · Writer
- William Alwyn · Composer
- Otto Heller · Cinematographer
- Jack Harris · Editor