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Half affectionate parody and half enthusiastic tribute to the swashbuckling pirate epics of the 1930's and 40's, The Crimson Pirate stars Burt Lancaster as Captain Vallo, the smiling leader of a pack of unscrupulous pirates. While on the high seas, Vallo and his men spy a well-stocked merchant ship, and waste no time in relieving it of its ...
Purchase The Crimson Pirate on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Burt Lancaster stars in this warm-hearted swashbuckling adventure as the Crimson Pirate. After years of robbing and plundering his way across the Caribbean, Vallo--known as the Crimson Pirate--is changed by the love of a woman, and he heroically comes to the aid of a small island nation.
The Crimson Pirate (1952) was an energetic spoof of swashbucklers that owed much of its popularity to Lancaster’s charismatic athletic performance. Despite its success, The Crimson Pirate was essentially Siodmak’s farewell to Hollywood.
Synopsis. 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.
- 105 min
Available on iTunes. Captain Vallo, a.k.a. The Crimson Pirate, and his band of buccaneers overtake a Spanish galleon filled with guns and ammunition. Adventure 1952 1 hr 44 min. 100%. 7+. NR. Starring Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat, Eva Bartok. Director Robert Siodmak.
Adrian Curry 19 Jul 2019 1. During the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and El Libre’s beautiful daughter named Consuelo.
