The Crimson Pirate (1952)
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
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Cast & Crew.
Burt Lancaster
Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)
Nick Cravat
Ojo
Eva Bartok
Consuelo
Torin Thatcher
Humble Bellows
James Hayter
Prof. Elihu Prudence
Leslie Bradley
Baron José Gruda
Margot Grahame
Bianca
Noel Purcell
Pablo Murphy
Frederick Leister
Sebastian
Eliot Makeham
Governor
Frank Pettingell
Colonel
Dana Wynter
La Signorita
Robert Siodmak
Director
Christopher Lee
Joseph (attache)
Roland Kibbee
Writer
William Alwyn
Composer
Ewan Roberts
Claw Paw
John Chandos
Stub Ear
Otto Heller
Cinematographer
Derek Tansley
Patch Eye
Jack Harris
Editor
Charles Farrell
Poison Paul
Marjorie Best
Costume Design
Norman Deming
Associate Producer
Ken Adam
Assistant Art Director
Harold Hecht
Producer
Tony Sforzini
Makeup Artist
Muir Mathieson
Music Director
Vernon Sewell
Second Unit Director
Paul Sheriff
Art Direction
Margaret Furse
Costume Design
Gladys Atkinson
Hairstylist
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 27, 1952
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 45m
Budget$1,850,000
Genres
Wiki.
The Crimson Pirate is a 1952 British-American international co-production Technicolor tongue-in-cheek comedy-adventure film from Warner Bros. produced by Norman Deming and Harold Hecht, directed by Robert Siodmak, and starring Burt Lancaster, who also co-produced with Deming and Hecht. Co-starring in the film are Nick Cravat, Eva Bartok, Leslie Bradley, Torin Thatcher, and James Hayter. The film was shot in Ischia, the Bay of Naples and Teddington Studios. It makes the most of Lancaster's skills as a professional acrobat and his lifelong partnership with Cravat. Critics compared Lancaster favorably with Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
The Crimson Pirate is set late in the 18th century, on the fictional Caribbean islands of San Pero and Cobra. A rebellion is underway on Cobra, led by the mysterious "El Libre". Pirate Captain Vallo captures the King's ship carrying His Majesty's envoy, Baron Gruda, on his way to crush the rebellion and destroy El Libre. Vallo proposes that they join forces to earn a fortune for the Captain and his buccaneer crew by infiltrating the rebels and betraying them for the reward. However, things do not go as planned after Vallo meets El Libre's beautiful daughter.