Blackbeard the Pirate

Blackbeard the Pirate
DVD Cover for French film version
Directed by	Raoul Walsh
Produced by	Edmund Grainger
Written by	DeVallon Scott
Screenplay by	Alan Le May
Starring	Robert Newton Linda Darnell William Bendix Keith Andes Torin Thatcher
Music by	Victor Young
Cinematography	William E. Snyder
Edited by	Ralph Dawson
Distributed by	RKO
Release dates	24 December 1952 (1952-12-24) (Premiere-Los Angeles)^[1] 25 December 1952 (1952-12-25) (US)^[1]
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.25 million (US)^[2]

Blackbeard the Pirate is a 1952 Technicolor adventure film made by RKO. The film was directed by Raoul Walsh and produced by Edmund Grainger from a screenplay by Alan Le May based on the story by DeVallon Scott.

Plot

Robert Newton and Linda Darnell in Blackbeard the Pirate

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. Maynard, however, winds up posing as a surgeon on a ship captained by Blackbeard (Robert Newton), who is in the middle of a conflict with Morgan. Blackbeard must deal with Morgan, Maynard, and even his own greedy crew.

Cast

Robert Newton as Edward Teach / Captain Blackbeard
Linda Darnell as Edwina Mansfield
William Bendix as Ben Worley
Keith Andes as Robert Maynard
Torin Thatcher as Sir Henry Morgan
Irene Ryan as Alvina, a lady in waiting
Alan Mowbray as Noll
Richard Egan as Briggs
Skelton Knaggs as Gilly
Dick Wessel as Dutchman
Anthony Caruso as Pierre La Garde
Jack Lambert as Tom Whetstone
Noel Drayton as Jeremy
Pat Flaherty as Job Maggot

Production

The story was originally written by de Vallon Scott. It was on the schedule at RKO for 16 months before being taken over by producer Edmund Grainger for his independent unit. It was mentioned as a possible vehicle for Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Victor Mature and Jack Buetel. It was going to be filmed under the title Buccaneer's Girl by director Robert Stevenson.^[3]

References

1 2 "Blackbeard the Pirate: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
↑ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, 13 January 1954
↑ Brady, Thomas F. "Ballerina will do role for Goldwyn". The New York Times, 14 November 1950, p. 38

External links

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Blackbeard the Pirate at the American Film Institute Catalog

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Me and My Gal (1932)
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