MAN OF NINE LIVES AND 1000 SURPRISES!
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.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$1,850,000
Revenue
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Release Date
September 27, 1952
Popularity
2
Director
Robert Siodmak
Writer
Roland Kibbee
Producer
Harold Hecht
Producer
Burt Lancaster
Where to Watch
Cast
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
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Reviews
CinemaSerf
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.
