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Fortunes of Captain Blood

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7.1/10 • 4

1950-05-191h 31m

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When he unwittingly sends some of his men into a trap, pirate Captain Peter Blood decides to rescue them. They've been taken prisoner by the Spanish Marquis de Riconete who is now using them as slave labor harvesting pearls from the sea.

Directors
Gordon Douglas
Writters
Frank Burt, Robert Libott, Michael Hogan
Editors
Frank Burt, Robert Libott, Michael Hogan, Gene Havlick

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  1. Louis Hayward

    Louis Hayward

    Captain Peter Blood

  2. Patricia Medina

    Patricia Medina

    Isabelita Sotomayor

  3. George Macready

    George Macready

    Marquis de Riconete

  4. Alfonso Bedoya

    Alfonso Bedoya

    Carmilio, Prison Overseer

  5. Dona Drake

    Dona Drake

    Pepita

  6. Lowell Gilmore

    Lowell Gilmore

    George Fairfax

  7. Wilton Graff

    Wilton Graff

    Capt. Alvarado

  8. Curt Bois

    Curt Bois

    King Charles II

  9. Lumsden Hare

    Lumsden Hare

    Tom Mannering

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CinemaSerf

Jun 29, 2024

6/10

I think it's fair to say that Louis Hayward was just a little bit past his best when he made this rather dry pirate adventure. He picks up the character from Errol Flynn (which maybe doesn't help either) as "Capt. Blood" and works on a complicated plan to go into the town incognito, and rescue some of his crew captured by the wicked "Marquis" (George Macready) now used to fish for pearls - quite a dangerous activity in the shark-infested waters. Along the way, he falls for the slightly aloof "Isabelita" (Patricia Medina) who is the daughter of his antagonist and the apple of the eye of the ambitious "Fairfax" (Lowell Gilmore). What's really missing here - save for, maybe the last ten minutes, is action. For an action film it's positively stolid. Hayward tries hard to hold it together and Macready was ever a good baddie but nobody is firing at all well here as they have to plod through the interminable dialogue with just nowhere near enough swash, buckle or swinging from the yardarm. This is one of my favourite genres and though it's not the best, it's still watchable enough. You'll never remember it, though.

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Status
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Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
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