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Robert Newton | ... |
Edward Teach /
Blackbeard
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Linda Darnell | ... |
Edwina Mansfield
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William Bendix | ... |
Ben Worley
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Keith Andes | ... | ||
Torin Thatcher | ... | ||
Irene Ryan | ... |
Alvina, a lady in waiting
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Alan Mowbray | ... |
Noll
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Richard Egan | ... |
Briggs
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Skelton Knaggs | ... |
Gilly
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Dick Wessel | ... |
Dutchman
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Anthony Caruso | ... |
Pierre La Garde
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Jack Lambert | ... |
Tom Whetstone
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Noel Drayton | ... |
Jeremy
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Pat Flaherty | ... |
Job Maggot
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In 1674, "reformed" pirate Sir Henry Morgan is a high official in Jamaica, but Edward Maynard hopes to win a large reward by proving Morgan still dabbles in piracy. Maynard goes undercover as ship's surgeon with a Morgan henchman...who's been supplanted by notorious Blackbeard himself. Also on the ship is Edwina Mansfield, seemingly a damsel in distress, to whom there's much more than meets the eye. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
The cast and crew must have had a ball making this flick, since it has so many funny bits in it.Just listen to this exchange between Robert Newton doing his never-equaled pirate character as Blackbeard, and the lovable lug Bill Bendix, of Life of Riley fame, as Worley, the dim-witted first mate. Blackbeard is pulling up a rope that the hero has used to climb into the Captain's cabin, and says, "I be fishin' for a rat!" Worley: "Why, are ya hungry?" Don't miss The Funeral at Sea ("For distance this time!") Watch Edward Maynard eye Linda Darnell's lavish expanse of bosom and say, "Never mind the measurements!"
And while you're thinking about the plot...how _did_ they ever get off that island?