The Crimson Pirate

The Crimson Pirate(1952)

NR
09/27/1952 (US)Adventure, Comedy1h 45m
7.0

"MAN OF NINE LIVES AND 1000 SURPRISES!"

Overview

Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the late 1700s. A light hearted adventure involving prison breaks, an oddball scientist, sailing ships, naval fights and tons of swordplay.

Roland Kibbee

Screenplay

Robert Siodmak

Director

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A review by CinemaSerf
7.0

Written on September 11, 2022

This is a great little vehicle for an almost 40 year-old Burt Lancaster to demonstrate his star quality (and not inconsiderable athleticism) alongside his long time friend and fellow acrobat Nick Cravat in this really quite enjoyable swashbuckler. The plot is all pretty routine stuff; pirate versus unpopular King, and the script probably ought not to go too near a microscope, but it isn't there to educate or inform, but to entertain - and it does. It's action packed, colourful and in the days before the computers did most of the work - a well staged, good looking film.