USA, 1952
105m
35mm film, Technicolor, 1.37:1
mono, English
An American adventure film with some minor fantasy elements directed by Robert Siodmak.
Plot Summary
The Crimson Pirate is the scourge of the Caribbean, a swashbuckling anti-hero who becomes embroiled in a revolution, gets involved with a strange scientist and fights his way in and out of all sorts of trouble.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Robert Siodmak
Copyright MCMLII [1952] by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Warner Bros. – First National picture
Produced by: Harold Hecht *, Burt Lancaster *
Associate Producer: Norman Deming *
Written by: Roland Kibbee
Director of Photography: Otto Heller
Underwater Photography by: H.J. Hodges
Film Editor: Jack Harris
Music Composed by: William Alwyn
Recording Director: A.E. Rudolph
Costumes Designed by: Margaret Furse
Burt Lancaster & Nick Cravat’s Costumes Designed by: Marjorie Best
Make-up Supervisor: Tony Sforzini
Hairdresser: Gladys Atkinson
Special Effects: Russell Shearman *
Art Director: Paul Sheriff
Made at Teddington Studios, England
Locations: Ischia Island, Naples, Campania, Italy *
Cast
Burt Lancaster (Captain Vallo)
Nick Cravat (Ojo)
Eva Bartok (Consuelo)
Torin Thatcher (Humble Bellows)
James Hayter (Professor Prudence)
Leslie Bradley (Baron Jose Gruda)
Margot Grahame (Bianca)
Noel Purcell (Pablo Murphy)
Frederick Leister (Sebastian)
Eliot Makeham (Governor)
Frank Pettingell (Colonel)
Dagmar Wynter (la signorita)
Christopher Lee (Joseph)
Ewan Roberts (Claw Paw)
John Chandos (Stub Ear)
Derek Tansley (Patch Eye)
Charles Farrell (Poison Paul)
Enzo Giobbe *
Harry Lane *
Vittorio Martinelli *
Alternative Titles
Il corsaro dell’isola verde – Italy
Karmiininpunainen merirosvo – Finland
Den knaldrøde pirat – Denmark
El pirata hidalgo – Chile
O Pirata Vermelho – Portugal
Le pirate rouge – France
Röde piraten – Sweden
Der Rote Korsar – Germany
El temible burlón – Spain
Links
See also
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983)
Dogma (1999)
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983)
References
Newspapers
- Diário de Notícias 11 April 2000 p.55 – review
Books
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.80 – credits
Other sources
- BFI Southbank Guide May 2015 p.10 – illustrated listing
