There weren't many better villains than Robert Newton. From Bill Sikes in the original OLIVER TWIST, to Long John Silver in TREASURE ISLAND, to Pistol in HENRY V, Newton rolled his eyes and his
r's and was always a pleasure to watch. Blackbeard is pestering the sea lanes again. The king
of England dispatches Thatcher (as Sir Henry Morgan, a reformed pirate himself) to free the briny from the likes of Blackbeard. Andes, handsome and jut-jawed as always, allows himself to be shanghaied. Once on board, he takes up with luscious Darnell, who is due to marry the captain of the ship.
Andes and Darnell team up and learn that the captain has been killed, that the sh...
Released:
1952
Rated:
NR
Length:
98 mins