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Overview

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Director:
Robert Siodmak
Writer:
Roland Kibbee (written by)
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Release Date:
27 September 1952 (USA) more
Tagline:
MAN OF NINE LIVES AND 1000 SURPRISES! (original print ad - all caps) more
Plot:
Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
A Shout-Out to the Silent Sidekicks
 (From IFC. 7 May 2009, 10:59 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Include "Crimson Pirate" in your kids' memories of Home more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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 (as Dagmar Wynter)

Christopher Lee ... Joseph (attache)
Ewan Roberts ... Claw Paw
John Chandos ... Stub Ear
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Der rote Korsar (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
Le corsaire rouge (Belgium: French title) (TV title) (France) [fr]
De rode zeeschuimer (Belgium: Flemish title) [un]
Den knaldrøde pirat (Denmark) [da]
El pirata hidalgo (Chile) [es]
El temible burlón (Spain) [es]
Ha-Pirat Ha-Adom (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]
Il corsaro dell'isola verde (Italy) [it]
Karmiininpunainen merirosvo (Finland) [fi]
Le pirate rouge (France) [fr]
O Pirata Sangrento (Brazil) [pt]
O Pirata Vermelho (Portugal) [pt]
O kokkinos koursaros (Greece) [el]
Röde piraten (Sweden) [sv]
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Runtime:
105 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate #15427) | West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:12 | Sweden:Btl | UK:U

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Ojo (Nick Cravat) is mute because Cravat had a thick East Coast accent. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: In the background of the shot showing the old crew tied up in the net is a luxury sealiner. more
Quotes:
Humble Bellows: Meantime, we got regular pirate business to settle. We got the plank, the culprit and the verdict. All we need's a trial, an execution and a sentence.
Slimy: He's guilty!
Humble Bellows: So much for the trial. Now for execution.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Heavy Traffic (1973) more

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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
Include "Crimson Pirate" in your kids' memories of Home, 8 September 2000
Author: Swift-12

I finally got around to watching "The Crimson Pirate". What a blast! Burt Lancaster is the Pirate. His schemes and brainstorms are unconventional and funny.

It's a kinda goofy story, so you have to be in the mood for fun. (For example, the pirate's enemies are silly nitwits, like Keystone Kops or Hogan's Heroes.) Don't expect historical accuracy-- this is total Hollywood pirate caricature. But it's very creative, and everyone on the set, stars and stuntmen, looked like they had a blast filming it.

Burt Lancaster outdoes Douglas Fairbanks. He shows off his great acrobatic training and even paired-up his stuntwork with his old acrobat partner, Nick Cravat (btw, Nick happened to be the airplane-assaulting gremlin on the original Twilight Zone "Terror at 20,000 Feet".)

I feel like I missed out as a kid by not seeing it. Everyone has their own traditional FamilyTime movies ("Wizard of Oz" being a universal example). I wish I'd seen this one as a kid. My parents would've liked it too-- it's very enjoyable for all ages.

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