When he unwittingly sends some of his men into a trap, pirate Captain Peter Blood decides to rescue them. They've been taken prisoner by the Spanish Marquis de Riconete who is now using them as slave labor harvesting pearls from the sea.
Louis Hayward
Captain Peter Blood
Patricia Medina
Isabelita Sotomayor
George Macready
Marquis de Riconete
Alfonso Bedoya
Carmilio, Prison Overseer
Dona Drake
Pepita
Lowell Gilmore
George Fairfax
Wilton Graff
Capt. Alvarado
Curt Bois
King Charles II
Lumsden Hare
Tom Mannering
Billy Bevan
Billy Bragg
Harry Cording
Will Ward
Duke York
Andrew Hardy
Sven Hugo Borg
Swede
Martín Garralaga
Antonio Viamonte
James Fairfax
Nat Russell
Charles Irwin
Smitty
Terry Kilburn
Kenny Jensen
Alberto Morin
Miguel Gonzales
Nick Volpe
Papa Rosados
Jerry Schumacher
Crew Member
Victor Adamson
Crew Member
Trevor Bardette
Head Prison Guard
David Bond
Lieutenant
Charles Stevens
Juan Otlas
Director
Gordon Douglas
Original Story
Rafael Sabatini
Writer
Robert Libott
Writer
Frank Burt
Writer
Michael Hogan
June 29, 2024
6
I think it's fair to say that Louis Hayward was just a little bit past his best when he made this rather dry pirate adventure. He picks up the character from Errol Flynn (which maybe doesn't help either) as "Capt. Blood" and works on a complicated plan to go into the town incognito, and rescue some of his crew captured by the wicked "Marquis" (George Macready) now used to fish for pearls - quite a dangerous activity in the shark-infested waters. Along the way, he falls for the slightly aloof "Isabelita" (Patricia Medina) who is the daughter of his antagonist and the apple of the eye of the ambitious "Fairfax" (Lowell Gilmore). What's really missing here - save for, maybe the last ten minutes, is action. For an action film it's positively stolid. Hayward tries hard to hold it together and Macready was ever a good baddie but nobody is firing at all well here as they have to plod through the interminable dialogue with just nowhere near enough swash, buckle or swinging from the yardarm. This is one of my favourite genres and though it's not the best, it's still watchable enough. You'll never remember it, though.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00