The Crimson Pirate (1952)
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
DVDRip | AVI | 592x448 | XviD @ 1761 Kbps | 107 min | 1,42 Gb
Audio: English MP3 1.0 @ 128 Kbps | Subs: English (srt)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
DVDRip | AVI | 592x448 | XviD @ 1761 Kbps | 107 min | 1,42 Gb
Audio: English MP3 1.0 @ 128 Kbps | Subs: English (srt)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director: Robert Siodmak
Writer: Roland Kibbee
Stars: Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat, Eva Bartok
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.
I finally got around to watching "The Crimson Pirate". What a blast! Burt Lancaster is the Pirate. His schemes and brainstorms are unconventional and funny.
It's a kinda goofy story, so you have to be in the mood for fun. (For example, the pirate's enemies are silly nitwits, like Keystone Kops or Hogan's Heroes.) Don't expect historical accuracy– this is total Hollywood pirate caricature. But it's very creative, and everyone on the set, stars and stuntmen, looked like they had a blast filming it.
Burt Lancaster outdoes Douglas Fairbanks. He shows off his great acrobatic training and even paired-up his stuntwork with his old acrobat partner, Nick Cravat (btw, Nick happened to be the airplane-assaulting gremlin on the original Twilight Zone "Terror at 20,000 Feet".)
I feel like I missed out as a kid by not seeing it. Everyone has their own traditional FamilyTime movies ("Wizard of Oz" being a universal example). I wish I'd seen this one as a kid. My parents would've liked it too– it's very enjoyable for all ages.
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