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.
Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)
Ojo
Consuelo
Humble Bellows
Prof. Prudence
Baron Jose Gruda
Bianca
Pablo Murphy
Sebastian
Governor
Colonel
La Signorita
Joseph (attache)
Claw Paw
Poison Paul
This is a great little vehicle for an almost 40 year-old Burt Lancaster to demonstrate his star quality (and not inconsiderable athleticism) alongside his long time friend and fellow acrobat Nick Cravat in this really quite enjoyable swashbuckler. The plot is all pretty routine stuff; pirate versus unpopular King, and the script probably ought not to go too near a microscope, but it isn't there to educate or inform, but to entertain - and it does. It's action packed, colourful and in the days before the computers did most of the work - a well staged, good looking film.
Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)
Ojo
Consuelo
Humble Bellows
Prof. Prudence
Baron Jose Gruda
Bianca
Pablo Murphy
Sebastian
Governor
Colonel
La Signorita
Joseph (attache)
Claw Paw
Poison Paul
This is a great little vehicle for an almost 40 year-old Burt Lancaster to demonstrate his star quality (and not inconsiderable athleticism) alongside his long time friend and fellow acrobat Nick Cravat in this really quite enjoyable swashbuckler. The plot is all pretty routine stuff; pirate versus unpopular King, and the script probably ought not to go too near a microscope, but it isn't there to educate or inform, but to entertain - and it does. It's action packed, colourful and in the days before the computers did most of the work - a well staged, good looking film.
