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The Crimson Pirate (1952)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:8
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: A tongue-in-cheek adventure spoof, set in the late 18th century, of swashbuckling pirates. Burt Lancaster is the captain who takes over royal ships on the high seas by having his crew feign death... A tongue-in-cheek adventure spoof, set in the late 18th century, of swashbuckling pirates. Burt Lancaster is the captain who takes over royal ships on the high seas by having his crew feign death by scurvy. [More]
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Eva Bartok, Nick Cravat, Torin Thatcher
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Eva Bartok, Nick Cravat, Torin Thatcher, James Hayter, Leslie Bradley, Margot Grahame, Noel Purcell, Frederick Leister, Eliot Makeham, Frank Pettingell, Dana Wynter, Christopher Lee, Charles Farrell
Director: Robert Siodmak
Director: Robert Siodmak
Screenwriter: Roland Kibbee
Producer: Harold Hecht
Composer: William Alwyn, Dimitri Tiomkin
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Reviews for The Crimson Pirate
...it works both as a movie parody and as a rollicking good adventure at the same time.
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| 45% 45% | Ice Age: Dawn of the D… |
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| 43% 43% | The Proposal |
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| Tomatometer Percentage | Movie |
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| 98% 98% | Up |
| 88% 88% | Ballast |
| 67% 67% | The Merry Gentleman |
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