Pirates Of The Golden Age Movie Collection
Against All Flags (1952) - Dir. George Sherman In 1700, the pirates of Madagascar menace the India trade; British officer Brian Hawke has himself cashiered, flogged, and set adrift to infiltrate the pirate "republic." There, Hawke meets lovely Spitfire Stevens, a pirate captain in her own right, and the sparks begin to fly; but wooing a pirate poses unique problems. Especially after he rescues adoring young Princess Patma from a captured ship. Meanwhile, Hawke's secret mission proceeds to an action-packed climax. Buccaneer's Girl (1950) - Dir. Frederick De Cordova Robin Hood-like pirate Baste takes only the ships of rich but wicked trader Narbonne. Fun loving Debbie, a passenger from his latest prize, stows away on the pirate ship and falls for the pirate; later, having become a New Orleans entertainer, she meets his alter ego, who's engaged to the governor's daughter. Sea battles and land rescues follow in lighthearted style. Yankee Buccaneer (1953) - Dir. Frederick De Cordova A United States Navy ship in the first half of the 19th century, under the command of Captain David Porter, is expecting to put ashore after a year on the seas; but the arrival of one of Porter's ex-students, the willful and independent Lieutenant David Farragut, brings a new mission: to disguise the ship and crew as a pirate ship and help the Navy locate the criminals who have been robbing America's merchant fleet. But as Farragut's disobedience threatens the safety of the crew, they stumble upon an international conspiracy. Double Crossbones (1951) - Dir. Charles Barton Donald O'Connor, a poor but honest shopkeeper's apprentice, unwittingly becomes a sort of poor man's Captain Kidd, who fouls up the Governor's neat game of supplying quarries for the pirates and then bilking the hard-working pirates of their plunder. There's a romantic involvement, naturally, between O'Connor and Helena Carter, the governor's beauteous ward. But, despite Donald O'Connor's mugging and the broad histrionics of John Emery as the scheming governor, and such nefarious captains as Hope Emerson, Charles McGraw and Robert Barrat.