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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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
Director
Robert Siodmak
Screenplay
Roland Kibbee
Tagline
"MAN OF NINE LIVES AND 1000 SURPRISES!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$1,850,000
Production
Hecht-Lancaster Productions
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