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Captain Pirate
Captain Pirate
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ralph Murphy
Screenplay by	Robert Libott; Frank Burt; John Meredyth Lucas;
Based on	Captain Blood Returns; by Rafael Sabatini
Produced by	Harry Joe Brown
Starring	Louis Hayward; Patricia Medina; John Sutton;
Cinematography	Charles Lawton Jr.
Edited by	Gene Havlick
Music by	George Duning
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	August 27, 1952;
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Filming started August 7, 1951.^[2]

References edit

^ "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.