Blackbeard the Pirate
Blackbeard the Pirate is a 1952 American adventure pirate film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix, Keith Andes, and Torin Thatcher. The film was made by RKO Radio Pictures and produced by Edmund Grainger from a screenplay by Alan Le May based on the story by DeVallon Scott.
Plot
The film follows British Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard (Keith Andes), who sets out to earn a reward by proving that privateer Henry Morgan (Torin Thatcher) also engages in piracy.
More details
| author | Alan Le May |
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| contentLocation | Jamaica |
| director | Raoul Walsh |
| editor | Ralph Dawson |
| events | sea piracy |
| genre | adventure historical |
| keywords | arrest beg blackbeard british navy bury capture charles bellamy drift drown flood henry morgan kill locked in murder navy lieutenant on the beach piracy pirate privateer robert maynard secret passage stolen goods stolen treasure the king treasure chest water supply |
| musicBy | Victor Young |
| producer | Edmund Grainger |
| productionCompany | RKO Pictures |
| publisher | RKO Radio Pictures |