The Crimson Pirate

The Crimson Pirate

105 mins | Adventure | Aug. 27, 1952

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.

The Crimson Pirate

105 mins | Adventure | Aug. 27, 1952

The Crimson Pirate
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Hecht-Lancaster Productions
Original title The Crimson Pirate
Directors Maisie Kelly, Gus Agosti, Vernon Sewell, Robert Siodmak
Writers Roland Kibbee

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. Prudence

Leslie Bradley

as Baron Jose 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 (attache)

Ewan Roberts

as Claw Paw

John Chandos

as Stub Ear

Derek Tansley

as Patch Eye

Charles Farrell

as Poison Paul