The Crimson Pirate
MAN OF NINE LIVES AND 1000 SURPRISES!
1952 | 105m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Robert Siodmak |
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| Writer: | Roland Kibbee |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 27, 1952 |
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| Director: | Robert Siodmak |
| Writer: | Roland Kibbee |
| Genres: | Comedy, Adventure |
| Keywords | swordplay, revolution, cannon, protection, pirate, scientist, corrupt politician, swashbuckler, 18th century, sailing ship, caribbean sea, sea battle, pirate ship, corrupt official, evil ruler |
| Production Companies | Hecht-Lancaster Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $1,850,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Burt Lancaster | Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate) |
| Nick Cravat | Ojo |
| Eva Bartok | Consuelo |
| Torin Thatcher | Humble Bellows |
| James Hayter | Prof. Prudence |
| Leslie Bradley | Baron Jose Gruda |
| Margot Grahame | Bianca |
| Noel Purcell | Pablo Murphy |
| Frederick Leister | Sebastian |
| Eliot Makeham | Governor |
| Frank Pettingell | Colonel |
| Dana Wynter | La Signorita |
| Christopher Lee | Joseph (attache) |
| Ewan Roberts | Claw Paw |
| John Chandos | Stub Ear |
| Derek Tansley | Patch Eye |
| Charles Farrell | Poison Paul |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Otto Heller | Director of Photography |
| Robert Siodmak | Director |
| Ken Adam | Assistant Art Director |
| William Alwyn | Original Music Composer |
| Russell Shearman | Special Effects |
| Maisie Kelly | Continuity |
| Paul Sheriff | Art Direction |
| Gus Agosti | Assistant Director |
| Cecil Mason | Sound Recordist |
| Marjorie Best | Costume Design |
| Jack Harris | Editor |
| Gladys Atkinson | Hairstylist |
| Arthur Evans | Still Photographer |
| Margaret Furse | Costume Design |
| A.E. Rudolph | Sound Director |
| Muir Mathieson | Music Director |
| Tony Sforzini | Makeup Artist |
| Hal Britten | Underwater Camera |
| Terry Hunter | Production Manager |
| Gus Drisse | Camera Operator |
| Roland Kibbee | Screenplay |
| Vernon Sewell | Second Unit Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Burt Lancaster | Producer |
| Harold Hecht | Producer |
| Norman Deming | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 13 |
| 2024 | 5 | 20 | 27 | 9 |
| 2024 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 10 |
| 2024 | 7 | 19 | 32 | 10 |
| 2024 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 12 |
| 2024 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 8 |
| 2024 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 6 |
| 2024 | 11 | 18 | 54 | 8 |
| 2024 | 12 | 13 | 20 | 9 |
| 2025 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 11 |
| 2025 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
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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.