Captain Pirate

1952 American film by Ralph Murphy

Robert Libott
Frank Burt
John Meredyth Lucas

Based onCaptain Blood Returns
by Rafael SabatiniProduced byHarry Joe BrownStarring

Louis Hayward
Patricia Medina
John Sutton

CinematographyCharles Lawton Jr.Edited byGene HavlickMusic byGeorge DuningColor processTechnicolor

Production
company

Columbia Pictures

Distributed byColumbia Pictures

Release date

August 27, 1952 (1952-08-27)

Running time

85 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Captain Pirate is a 1952 American technicolor adventure film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina and John Sutton. The swashbuckler was based on the 1931 Rafael Sabatini novel Captain Blood Returns and was made and distributed by Columbia Pictures. This was the final film directed by Murphy.

Plot

Captain Blood is pardoned by the Crown for his crimes against Spain on the Spanish Main. By 1690 he is living in the West Indies on his plantation where he practices medicine and is to be married to Isabella. His new life is put in danger when he is arrested on a piracy charge after somebody raids the island making him look guilty. To prove otherwise he has to sail again.^[1]

Cast

Louis Hayward as Captain Peter Blood
Patricia Medina as Dona Isabella
John Sutton as Hilary Evans
Charles Irwin as Angus McVickers
Ted de Corsia as Captain Easterling
Rex Evans as Governor Henry Carlyle
Malú Gatica as Amanda
George Givot as Tomas Velasquez
Robert McNeeley as Manuelito
Nina Koshetz as Madame Duval
Lester Matthews as Col. Ramsey
Sven Hugo Borg as Swede
Sandro Giglio as Don Ramon

Production

Filming started August 7, 1951.^[2]

References

^ "Captain Pirate (1952) - IMDb". IMDb.
^ Drama: Tay Garnett Plans 'The Dude' for Duke Wayne; Brown Adds Noted Actors Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 28 July 1951: 15.

External links

Captain Pirate at IMDb
Captain Pirate at the TCM Movie Database
Captain Pirate at AllMovie
Captain Pirate at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini

Based on the life of Henry Hoʻolulu Pitman and Henry Morgan, and the Monmouth Rebellion (1685)

Novels

Captain Blood: His Odyssey (1922)
Captain Blood Returns (1931)
The Fortunes of Captain Blood (1936)

Films

Captain Blood (1924)
Captain Blood (1935)
Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
Captain Pirate (1952)
The Son of Captain Blood (1962)

Video games

Age of Pirates: Captain Blood (2006)
Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships (2009)

The Sea Hawk (1924)
Captain Blood (1937 radio play)
The Goonies (1985)
The New Traveller's Almanac (2002–2003)
- Peter Blood

Category

v t e Films directed by Ralph Murphy
The Big Shot (1931) Panama Flo (1932) 70,000 Witnesses (1932) Strictly Personal (1933) Song of the Eagle (1933) Golden Harvest (1933) Girl Without a Room (1933) She Made Her Bed (1934) Private Scandal (1934) The Great Flirtation (1934) The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934) Menace (1934) One Hour Late (1934) McFadden's Flats (1935) Men Without Names (1935) Collegiate (1936) Florida Special (1936) The Man I Marry (1936) Top of the Town (1937) Partners in Crime (1937) Night Club Scandal (1937) Our Neighbors – The Carters (1939) I Want a Divorce (1940) You're the One (1941) Las Vegas Nights (1941) Glamour Boy (1941) Pacific Blackout (1941) Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942) Salute for Three (1943) Night Plane from Chungking (1943) Rainbow Island (1944) The Town Went Wild (1944) The Man in Half Moon Street (1945) Sunbonnet Sue (1945) How Doooo You Do!!! (1945) The Spirit of West Point (1947) Mickey (1948) Red Stallion in the Rockies (1949) Stage to Tucson (1950) Never Trust a Gambler (1951) Dick Turpin's Ride (1951) Lady in the Iron Mask (1952) Captain Pirate (1952)

Films directed by Ralph Murphy