The Pirates of Blood River

The Pirates of Blood River
UK quad poster
Directed by	John Gilling
Produced by	Michael Carreras
Written by	Jimmy Sangster
Starring	Christopher Lee Kerwin Mathews Glenn Corbett Oliver Reed
Music by	Gary Hughes
Production company	Hammer Films
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	1962
Running time	87 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Pirates of Blood River is a 1962 British action film directed by John Gilling and starring Kerwin Mathews, Glenn Corbett, Christopher Lee and Oliver Reed.^[1]

Plot

While in a penal colony, Huguenot Jonathan Standish (Kerwin Mathews) is captured by pirates led by Capt. LaRoche (Christopher Lee) who force him to lead them back to his home village to retrieve a treasure supposedly hidden there.

Cast

Kerwin Mathews ... Jonathon Standing
Glenn Corbett ... Henry
Christopher Lee ... Captain LaRoche
Peter Arne ... Hench, a pirate
Marla Landi ... Bess Standing
Desmond Llewelyn ... Tom Blackthorne
Oliver Reed ... Brocaire, a pirate
Andrew Keir ... Jason Standing
Michael Ripper ... Mack, a pirate
David Lodge ... Smith
Dennis Waterman ... Timothy Blackthorne
Jack Stewart ... Godfrey Mason
Lorraine Clewes ... Martha Blackthorne
Jerold Wells ... Penal Colony Master

Trivia

Christopher Lee, Andrew Keir and Michael Ripper all appeared in another Hammer pirate film, The Devil-Ship Pirates, in 1964.
Marla Landi appeared as Cecile Stapleton in Hammer Film Productions' The Hound of the Baskervilles, which also starred Christopher Lee.

Reception

The film was issued on a double bill with Mysterious Island - which was Britain's biggest grossing double bill of the year.^[2]

References

↑ "The Pirates of Blood River". BFI.
↑ Marcus Hearn, The Hammer Vault, Titan Books, 2011 p55

External links

The Pirates of Blood River at the Internet Movie Database

Hammer Film Productions films

by series

Dracula films	Dracula (1958) The Brides of Dracula (1960) Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) Scars of Dracula (1970) Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)

Frankenstein films	The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

Mummy films	The Mummy (1959) The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) The Mummy's Shroud (1967) Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971)

The Karnstein Trilogy	The Vampire Lovers (1970) Lust for a Vampire (1971) Twins of Evil (1971)

Dick Barton films	Dick Barton: Special Agent (1948) Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949) Dick Barton at Bay (1950)

Quatermass films	The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) Quatermass 2 (1957) Quatermass and the Pit (1967)

Robin Hood films	The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954) Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960) A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967)

On the Buses films	On the Buses (1971) Mutiny on the Buses (1972) Holiday on the Buses (1973)

The Woman in Black films	The Woman in Black (2012) The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (2014)

See also	Hammer filmography

by genre

Gothic horror films	The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) The Shadow of the Cat (1961) The Phantom of the Opera (1962) The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) The Gorgon (1964) Rasputin the Mad Monk (1966) The Plague of the Zombies (1966) The Reptile (1966) The Witches (1966) The Devil Rides Out (1968) Hands of the Ripper (1971) Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971) Countess Dracula (1971) Vampire Circus (1972) Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974) To the Devil a Daughter (1976)

Horror films	The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (1935) Demons of the Mind (1972) Beyond the Rave (2008) Let Me In (2010) Wake Wood (2011) The Quiet Ones (2014)

Thriller films	Man in Black (1949) The Black Widow (1951) The Snorkel (1958) Hell Is a City (1960) The Full Treatment (1960) Taste of Fear (1961) Cash on Demand (1961) The Maniac (1963) Paranoiac (1963) Nightmare (1964) Fanatic (1965) Hysteria (1965) The Nanny (1965) Crescendo (1970) Straight On till Morning (1972) Fear in the Night (1972)

Science fiction films	Four Sided Triangle (1953) Spaceways (1953) X the Unknown (1956) The Abominable Snowman (1957) The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) The Damned (1963) The Lost Continent (1968) Moon Zero Two (1969)

Mystery films	Death in High Heels (1947) Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress (1949) The Rossiter Case (1951) Whispering Smith Hits London (1952) Lady in the Fog (1952) Mantrap (1953) The Saint's Return (1953) Blood Orange (1953) The Glass Cage (1955) The Lady Vanishes (1979)

Crime drama films	Cloudburst (1951) The Last Page (1952) Wings of Danger (1952) Stolen Face (1952) The Gambler and the Lady (1953) The Flanagan Boy (1953) 36 Hours (1953) Face the Music (1954) The House Across the Lake (1954) Murder by Proxy (1954) Five Days (1954) A Stranger Came Home (1954) Third Party Risk (1954) Women Without Men (1956)

Drama films	Song of Freedom (1936) Never Look Back (1952) Mask of Dust (1954) Break in the Circle (1955) Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960) Captain Clegg (1962) Man at the Top (1973) The Resident (2011)

Action films	Ten Seconds to Hell (1959) The Stranglers of Bombay (1959) The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964) Shatter (1974)

Adventure films	The Jack of Diamonds (1949) Passport to China (1961) The Terror of the Tongs (1961) The Pirates of Blood River (1962) The Scarlet Blade (1963) The Brigand of Kandahar (1965) She (1965) One Million Years B.C. (1966) Prehistoric Women (1967) The Viking Queen (1967) The Vengeance of She (1968) When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) Creatures the World Forgot (1971)

Comedy films	The Public Life of Henry the Ninth (1935) Sporting Love (1936) The Lady Craved Excitement (1950) Someone at the Door (1950) What the Butler Saw (1950) Life with the Lyons (1954) The Lyons in Paris (1955) Up the Creek (1958) I Only Arsked! (1958) Further Up the Creek (1958) Don't Panic Chaps! (1959) The Ugly Duckling (1959) Watch it, Sailor! (1961) A Weekend with Lulu (1961) The Old Dark House (1963) The Anniversary (1968) That's Your Funeral (1972) Love Thy Neighbour (1973)

War films	The Steel Bayonet (1957) The Camp on Blood Island (1958) Yesterday's Enemy (1959) The Secret of Blood Island (1964)

See also	Hammer filmography

Films directed by John Gilling

Escape from Broadmoor (1948)
A Matter of Murder (1949)
No Trace (1950)
The Quiet Woman (1951)
The Frightened Man (1952)
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)
The Voice of Merrill (1952)
Deadly Nightshade (1953)
Recoil (1953)
Escape by Night (1953)
Three Steps to the Gallows (1953)
Destination Milan (1954)
Double Exposure (1954)
The Embezzler (1954)
The Gilded Cage (1955)
Tiger by the Tail (1955)
Odongo (1956)
The Gamma People (1956)
Interpol (1957)
High Flight (1957)
The Man Inside (1958)
Idol on Parade (1959)
The Bandit of Zhobe (1959)
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
The Challenge (1960)
Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961)
The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
Panic (1963)
The Scarlet Blade (1964 )
The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)
The Night Caller (1965)
Where the Bullets Fly (1966)
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
The Reptile (1966)
The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
La cruz del diablo (1975)

Films by Jimmy Sangster

As writer	A Man on the Beach (1955) X the Unknown (1956) The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) Dracula (1958) The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) Intent to Kill (1958) The Snorkel (1958) Blood of the Vampire (1958) The Trollenberg Terror (1958) Jack the Ripper (1959) The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) The Mummy (1959) The Brides of Dracula (1960) The Criminal (1960) The Siege of Sidney Street (1960) The Hellfire Club (1961) The Terror of the Tongs (1961) Taste of Fear (1961, also producer) The Pirates of Blood River (1962) Paranoiac (1963, also producer) The Maniac (1963, also producer) Nightmare (1964, also producer) The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964) Hysteria (1965) The Nanny (1965, also producer) Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) Deadlier Than the Male (1967) The Anniversary (1968, also producer) Foreign Exchange (1970, also producer) Crescendo (1970) A Taste of Evil (1971) Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973) The Legacy (1978) Ebony, Ivory and Jade (1979, also producer) No Place to Hide (1981) The Devil and Max Devlin (1981)

As director	The Horror of Frankenstein (1970, also writer) Lust for a Vampire (1971) Fear in the Night (1972, also writer)

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