The Crimson Pirate
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| Directed by | Robert Siodmak |
| Produced by | Norman Deming Harold Hecht Burt Lancaster |
| Written by | Roland Kibbee Waldo Salt (1st draft) |
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Burt Lancaster Nick Cravat Eva Bartok Leslie Bradley Torin Thatcher James Hayter |
| Music by | William Alwyn |
| Cinematography | Otto Heller |
| Edited by | Jack Harris |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.75 million |
| Box office | $2.5 million (US) |
The Crimson Pirate is a 1952 American Technicolor tongue-in-cheek comedy-adventure film, 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 is Nick Cravat, Eva Bartok, Leslie Bradley, Torin Thatcher, and James Hayter.
The Crimson Pirate is set in the Caribbean late in the 18th century, on the fictional islands of Cobra and San Pero.
In the Caribbean, late in the 18th century, Captain Vallo (Burt Lancaster), a pirate known as "The Crimson Pirate", and his crew capture a frigate of the King's navy. The ship is carrying Baron Gruda (Leslie Bradley), a special envoy to the King on his way to the Island of Cobra to crush a rebellion. Vallo proposes selling the frigate's weapons cache to El Libre, the leader of Cobra's rebels. Baron Gruda counters by proposing that Vallo capture El Libre and bring him to the Baron for a sizable reward. Vallo accepts, and Baron Gruda and his crew are released, while Vallo keeps the frigate. Some of his crew complain that this is not pirate business, but they come around when they find out the large amount of profit to be made.
Vallo and his crew sail to Cobra, where the captain and his lieutenant, Ojo (Nick Cravat), go ashore and meet with the island's rebels, led by Pablo Murphy (Noel Purcell) and Consuelo (Eva Bartok). Vallo and Ojo learn that El Libre has been captured and is in prison on the island of San Pero. The meeting is interrupted by the King's guards, and Consuelo quickly leads Vallo and Ojo to safety. Returning to the frigate, Vallo informs his crew he will rescue El Libre, though Consuelo only believes Vallo is interested in selling weapons to him. While promising Vallo that he will receive his payment, she informs him that El Libre is actually her father.
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