Captain Pirate

Captain Pirate
Directed by	Ralph Murphy
Produced by	Harry Joe Brown
Screenplay by	Robert Libott Frank Burt John Meredyth Lucas
Based on	Captain Blood Returns by Rafael Sabatini
Starring	Louis Hayward Patricia Medina John Sutton
Music by	George Duning Paul Mertz
Cinematography	Charles Lawton Jr.
Edited by	Gene Havlick
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	August 1952 (1952-08) (US)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Captain Pirate is a 1952 American action/adventure film directed by Ralph Murphy, starring Louis Hayward and Patricia Medina, and produced by Harry Joe Brown. The swashbuckler was based on the Rafael Sabatini novel Captain Blood Returns.

Plot

Captain Blood is pardoned by the Crown for his crimes against Spain on the Spanish Main. By 1690 he is living in the West Indies on his plantation where he practices medicine and is to be married to Isabella. His new life is put in danger when he is arrested on a piracy charge after somebody raids the island making him look guilty. To prove otherwise he has to sail again.

Cast

• Louis Hayward as Captain Peter Blood
• Patricia Medina as Dona Isabella
• John Sutton as Hilary Evans
• Charles Irwin as Angus McVickers
• Ted de Corsia as Captain Easterling
• Rex Evans as Governor Henry Carlyle
• Malú Gatica as Amanda
• George Givot as Tomas Velasquez
• Robert McNeeley as Manuelito
• Nina Koshetz as Madame Duval
• Lester Matthews as Col. Ramsey
• Sven Hugo Borg as Swede
• Sandro Giglio as Don Ramon
• Ian Wolfe as Viceroy
• Jay Novello as Egyptian

External links

• Captain Pirate at IMDb
• Captain Pirate at the TCM Movie Database