1950s 17th-18thC Piracy
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1. The Crimson Pirate (1952)
Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
During the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat, Eva Bartok, Torin Thatcher
Votes: 6,992
2. Double Crossbones (1951)
Approved | 76 min | Adventure
After being falsely accused of dishonesty, a young man decides to become a pirate.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Helena Carter, Will Geer, John Emery
Votes: 361
3. Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
Approved | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
When some of his crew are captured by the Spaniards in Rio De La Hacha, pirate Captain Peter Blood enters the city in disguise in order to free his men from Marquis De Riconete's prison.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, George Macready, Alfonso Bedoya
Votes: 383
4. Anne of the Indies (1951)
Approved | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In order to recover his ship impounded by the British, former pirate captain LaRochelle agrees to spy on the notorious Caribbean Sea pirates Blackbeard and Anne Providence.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Debra Paget, Herbert Marshall
Votes: 1,493
5. Revenge of the Pirates (1951)
95 min | Adventure
Revenge of the Pirates (Italian: La vendetta del corsaro) is a 1951 Italian adventure film directed by Primo Zeglio. It was the last movie of Maria Montez. It is also known as The Pirates Revenge.
Director: Primo Zeglio | Stars: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Maria Montez, Milly Vitale, Roberto Risso
Votes: 30
6. Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
Approved | 70 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Rocky and Puddin' Head are waiting tables at an inn on Tortuga when a letter given them by Lady Jane for delivery to Martingale gets switched with a treasure map. Kidd and Bonney kidnap them to Skull Island to find said treasure.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Charles Laughton, Hillary Brooke
Votes: 2,309
7. Against All Flags (1952)
Approved | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Brian Hawke of the Royal Navy versus the pirates of Madagascar.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Errol Flynn, Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn, Alice Kelley
Votes: 2,964
8. Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)
Approved | 99 min | Adventure, Romance
Honest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix, Keith Andes
Votes: 1,700
9. Captain Pirate (1952)
Passed | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 1690, pardoned pirate Captain Blood's quiet existence is shaken when the Crown re-arrests him on fresh piracy charges but the captain suspects he's being set up.
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, John Sutton, Charles Irwin
Votes: 348
10. Caribbean (1952)
Approved | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Francis Barclay, a former member of the British Admiralty, who was captured in the early 1700s and sold into slavery by Andrew MacAllister, and forced into piracy, enlists the aid of Dick ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: John Payne, Arlene Dahl, Cedric Hardwicke, Francis L. Sullivan
Votes: 232
11. The Golden Hawk (1952)
Passed | 83 min | Action, Adventure, History
The seafaring adventures of French privateer Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo during the Franco-Spanish-English war of the 17th century.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Rhonda Fleming, Sterling Hayden, Helena Carter, John Sutton
Votes: 358
12. Jolanda la figlia del corsaro nero (1953)
95 min | Adventure
Collected at the age of two, under extreme conditions, by a company of Gypsies, Jolly grew up among them, together with the man who accompanied her.
Director: Mario Soldati | Stars: May Britt, Marc Lawrence, Renato Salvatori, Barbara Florian
Votes: 77
13. I tre corsari (1952)
88 min | Adventure
Director: Mario Soldati | Stars: Ettore Manni, Marc Lawrence, Barbara Florian, Renato Salvatori
Votes: 41
14. The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953)
Approved | 230 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The British Admirality assigns two officers, Richard Dale and Alan Duncan, to gather evidence to convict Captain Kidd of piracy in the English courts. They sail for New York to learn the ... See full summary »
Directors: Derwin Abrahams, Charles S. Gould | Stars: Richard Crane, David Bruce, John Crawford, George D. Wallace
Votes: 55
15. The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
Approved | 90 min | Action, Adventure, History
Two noble Scottish brothers deliberately take opposite sides when Bonnie Prince Charlie returns to claim the throne of Scotland in order to preserve the family fortune.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: Errol Flynn, Roger Livesey, Anthony Steel, Beatrice Campbell
Votes: 1,782
16. Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954)
Approved | 82 min | Action, Adventure
Anthony Dexter---bare-chested most of the film with the smoldering nostrils from "Valentino"---as "Captain Kidd" is saved from hanging by an Earl who wants to get his hand on Kidd's ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Anthony Dexter, Eva Gabor, Alan Hale Jr., James Seay
Votes: 177
17. Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1954)
Not Rated | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In this sequel to Treasure Island, Long John hopes to rescue his friend Jim from a rival pirate and return for more treasure.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Lloyd Berrell, Grant Taylor
Votes: 873 | Gross: $0.14M
18. Moonfleet (1955)
Approved | 87 min | Adventure, Drama
A young orphan is sent to the village of Moonfleet in Dorset, England to stay with his mother's former lover, who has the facade of a gentleman but leads a gang of swashbuckling bootleggers; the duo go on a treasure hunt.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Stewart Granger, George Sanders, Joan Greenwood, Viveca Lindfors
Votes: 3,980
19. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
30 min | Adventure, Drama
The Crown takes Tempest's stronghold. The ex-pirate wins a pardon and becomes a privateer. He and Deputy Gov. Beamish fight Spanish raiders despite their unease. They defend the Caribbean.
Stars: Robert Shaw, Paul Hansard, Brian Rawlinson, Edwin Richfield
Votes: 189
20. The Amorous Corporal (1958)
87 min | Adventure
Director: Robert Darène | Stars: François Périer, Rossana Podestà, Robert Hirsch, Jean Lefebvre
Votes: 37
21. Marie of the Isles (1959)
111 min | Adventure, Romance
In 1635, Jacques du Parquet, the nephew of the well known explorer Belain d'Esnambic, enters a tavern in Dieppe, and falls in love with the daughter of the bartender, Marie Bonnard. He ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Combret | Stars: Belinda Lee, Alain Saury, Darío Moreno, Magali Noël
Votes: 40
22. Son of the Red Corsair (1959)
96 min | Adventure
Enrico di Ventimiglia, the Son of the Red Corsair, travels through the Spanish conquests of Central America in search of the stepsister he has never met.
Director: Primo Zeglio | Stars: Lex Barker, Sylvia Lopez, Vira Silenti, Luciano Marin
Votes: 98
23. Treasure Island (1950)
PG | 96 min | Adventure, Family
The treasure seeking adventures of young Jim Hawkins and pirate captain Long John Silver.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney, Walter Fitzgerald
Votes: 9,474
24. Sangaree (1953)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, History
Lamas plays an indentured servant who rises to power in Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War.
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Fernando Lamas, Arlene Dahl, Patricia Medina, Francis L. Sullivan
Votes: 253
25. The Adventures of Long John Silver (1956–1957)
30 min | Adventure, Family
Swashbuckling made for TVs episodes staring 'Legend' Robert newton as Long John Silver and argh 'Jim Larrd' as they face many new adventures......
Stars: Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Kit Taylor, Eric Reiman
Votes: 184
26. Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953)
Approved | 88 min | Adventure
A legendary pirate captures a Spanish galleon and tries to claim a countess as his bride.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: John Payne, Donna Reed, Gerald Mohr, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 524
27. Return to Treasure Island (1954)
Approved | 75 min | Adventure, Family
A descendant of Jim Hawkins (Dawn Addams) visits Treasure Island with a priceless map.
Director: Ewald André Dupont | Stars: Tab Hunter, Dawn Addams, Porter Hall, James Seay
Votes: 247
28. More studyonoye (1955)
92 min | Drama, History
XVIII century, the White Sea. The crew of the Pomors is going to fish. During their stay on Svalbard, pirates attack the boat and lower it to the bottom. Only four Pomors survive on the island and spend difficult 6 years there.
Director: Yuri Yegorov | Stars: Nikolay Kryuchkov, Valentin Grachyov, Gennadi Yudin, Elza Lezhdey
Votes: 43
29. Hold That Hypnotist (1957)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Family
Sach and Duke set out to expose a stage hypnotist as a phony. In order to do so, Sach allows himself to be hypnotized and "regressed" to a past life--which he discovers was as a tax ... See full summary »
Director: Austen Jewell | Stars: Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Jane Nigh, Robert Foulk
Votes: 220
30.
TV Reader's Digest (1955–1956)
Episode:
The End of Blackbeard the Pirate
(1955)
Drama
Blackbeard the Pirate meets his match in a battle against Lt. Robert Maynard off the Carolina coast in 1718.
Director: Harry Horner | Stars: Claude Akins, Leo Britt, Russ Conway, Felicia Farr
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