The Pirates of Blood River | |
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Directed by | John Gilling |
Produced by | Michael Carreras |
Written by | Jimmy Sangster |
Starring |
Christopher Lee Kerwin Mathews Glenn Corbett Oliver Reed |
Music by | Gary Hughes |
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date
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July 31, 1962 (United Kingdom) August 1962 (United States) |
Running time
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87 min. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Pirates of Blood River is a 1962 British action film directed by John Gilling and starring Kerwin Mathews, Glenn Corbett, Christopher Lee and Oliver Reed.
While in a penal colony, Huguenot Jonathan Standish (Kerwin Mathews) is captured by pirates led by Capt. LaRoche (Christopher Lee) who force him to lead them back to his home village to retrieve a treasure supposedly hidden there.
The film was issued on a double bill with Mysterious Island - which was Britain's biggest grossing double bill of the year.