''Captain Pirate'' is a 1952 American

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directed by

Ralph Murphy Ralph Murphy (May 1, 1895 – February 10, 1967) was an American film and television director. Born in Rockville, Connecticut, Murphy was active in films from 1931 through 1962, with some work in television. From 1941 to 1944 he was married to ...

and starring

Louis Hayward Louis Charles Hayward (19 March 1909 – 21 February 1985) was a Johannesburg-born, British-American actor. Biography Born in Johannesburg, Louis Hayward lived in South Africa and was educated in France and England, including Latymer Upper Sch ...

. The

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was based on the 1931

Rafael Sabatini Rafael Sabatini (29 April 1875 – 13 February 1950) was an Italian-born British writer of romance and adventure novels. He is best known for his worldwide bestsellers: '' The Sea Hawk'' (1915), ''Scaramouche'' (1921), ''Captain Blood'' (a.k ...

novel ''

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''. 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.

Cast

as Captain Peter Blood *

Patricia Medina Patricia Paz Maria Medina (19 July 1919 – 28 April 2012) was a British actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the films ''Phantom of the Rue Morgue'' (1954) and '' Mr. Arkadin'' (1955). Early life Medina was the daughter of Laur ...

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 *

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as Amanda *

George Givot George David Givot (February 18, 1903 – June 7, 1984) was a Russian Empire-born American comedian and actor on Broadway and in vaudeville, movies, television and radio. He was known for speaking in a comedic fake Greek dialect and was styled th ...

as Tomas Velasquez * Robert McNeeley as Manuelito *

Nina Koshetz Nina Koshetz ( uk, Ніна Павлівна Кошиць; russian: Нина Павловна Кошиц; née Poray-Koshetz ( :uk:Порай-Кошиці); 30 December 1891 – 14 May 1965) was a Russian-Ukrainian, later American opera soprano, ...

as Madame Duval *

Lester Matthews Arthur Lester Matthews (6 June 1900 – 5 June 1975) was an English actor. In his career, the handsome Englishman made more than 180 appearances in film and on television. He was erroneously credited in later years as Les Matthews. Matthews pla ...

as Col. Ramsey * Sven Hugo Borg as Swede * Sandro Giglio as Don Ramon

Production

Filming started August 7, 1951.Drama: Tay Garnett Plans 'The Dude' for Duke Wayne; Brown Adds Noted Actors Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 28 July 1951: 15.

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* * * * 1952 films American historical adventure films Films based on British novels Pirate films American swashbuckler films 1950s action adventure films 1950s historical adventure films Films scored by George Duning Films directed by Ralph Murphy Films set in the 1690s American action adventure films Columbia Pictures films American sequel films Color sequels of black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{action-adventure-film-stub