Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)

Note des utilisateurs:

5.9/10   

Réalisateur:

Raoul Walsh

Writers:

Alan Le May (screenplay)
DeVallon Scott (story)

Release Date:

15 juillet 1953 (Japan)

Genre:

Aventure

Accroche:

The thunder of their plundering shook the earth, the seas, the sky!

Plot:

Honest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.

Plot Keywords:

Pirate | Henry Morgan | Officer | Beautiful Woman | Shirtless Male Bondage

Avis des utilisateurs:

A classic

Ensemble

Robert Newton	...	Edward Teach / Blackbeard
Linda Darnell	...	Edwina Mansfield
William Bendix	...	Ben Worley
Keith Andes	...	Robert Maynard
Torin Thatcher	...	Sir Henry Morgan
Irene Ryan	...	Alvina, a lady in waiting
Alan Mowbray	...	Noll
Richard Egan	...	Briggs
Skelton Knaggs	...	Gilly
Dick Wessel	...	Dutchman
Anthony Caruso	...	Pierre La Garde
Jack Lambert	...	Tom Whetstone
Noel Drayton	...	Jeremy
Pat Flaherty	...	Job Maggot

Autre(s) titre(s):

Blackbeard the Pirate (USA) (promotional title)
Barbe-Noire le pirate (Belgium: French title) (France) [fr]

Durée:

99 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Son:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Classification:

West Germany:12 (nf) | USA:Approved (certificate #15976) | Finland:K-16 | UK:U | Iceland:12

Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: After a duel, the pirates heave the dead body of the loser over the side. When the "corpse" is released, his arms clearly move on their own as he clears the rail.

Guillemet:

Blackbeard: Gilly, Gilly, give him just a tickle with the point of your blade, at about his liver.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Yellowbeard (1983)

A classic

This film seemed to be a staple of late nineteen fifties Saturday afternoon television. Even a ten year old could discern the broad elements of self-parody, and the motley collection of Dickensian characters....Equally important, the movie contains one of cinema's greatest one-liners: "I am the King of Spain!", perhaps second only in the low budget genre to "Slowly I turned." Yes, am a self-admitted Abbott & Costello fan as well, but "Blackbeard" outshines "Abbott & Costello Meet Captain Kidd" (1952)in almost every category. Perfection of a definitively weird sort, but perfection none the less. Alas, never actually saw it on the large screen.