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.
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
Crew
Robert Siodmak
Director
Roland Kibbee
Screenplay
Jack Harris
Editor
Otto Heller
Director of Photography
Gus Agosti
Assistant Director
Harold Hecht
Producer
Burt Lancaster
Producer
Norman Deming
Associate Producer
Gus Drisse
Camera Operator
Margaret Furse
Costume Design
Marjorie Best
Costume Design
Gladys Atkinson
Hairstylist
Tony Sforzini
Makeup Artist
Vernon Sewell
Second Unit Director
Ken Adam
Assistant Art Director
A.E. Rudolph
Sound Director
Cecil Mason
Sound Recordist
Russell Shearman
Special Effects
William Alwyn
Original Music Composer
Muir Mathieson
Music Director
Hal Britten
Underwater Camera
Arthur Evans
Still Photographer
Maisie Kelly
Continuity
Terry Hunter
Production Manager
Paul Sheriff
Art Direction
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