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The Crimson Pirate
GERMANY · 1952

The Crimson Pirate

Robert Siodmak
piracy Caribbean revolution prison escape swashbuckling adventure mad scientist
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Synopsis

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.

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