Captain Pirate

Captain Pirate is a 1952 American technicolor adventure film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina and John Sutton. The swashbuckler was based on the 1931 Rafael Sabatini novel Captain Blood Returns, and is a sequel to the 1950 film Fortunes of Captain Blood.^[1] It was made and distributed by Columbia Pictures. This was the final film directed by Murphy.

Captain Pirate
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ralph Murphy
Screenplay by	Robert Libott Frank Burt John Meredyth Lucas
Based on	Captain Blood Returns by Rafael Sabatini
Produced by	Harry Joe Brown
Starring	Louis Hayward Patricia Medina John Sutton
Cinematography	Charles Lawton Jr.
Edited by	Gene Havlick
Music by	George Duning
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	August 27, 1952 (1952-08-27)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Captain Blood is pardoned by the Crown for his crimes against Spain on the Spanish Main. By 1690 he is living in the West Indies on his plantation where he practices medicine and is to be married to Isabella. His new life is put in danger when he is arrested on a piracy charge after somebody raids Cartagena and word spreads on the island he was identified as the leader making him look guilty. To prove otherwise he has to sail again.^[2]

Cast

• Louis Hayward as Captain Peter Blood
• Patricia Medina as Dona Isabella
• John Sutton as Hilary Evans
• Charles Irwin as Angus McVickers
• Ted de Corsia as Captain Easterling
• Rex Evans as Governor Henry Carlyle
• Malú Gatica as Amanda
• George Givot as Tomas Velasquez
• Robert McNeeley as Manuelito
• Nina Koshetz as Madame Duval
• Ian Wolfe as Viceroy
• Lester Matthews as Col. Ramsey
• Sven Hugo Borg as Swede
• Sandro Giglio as Don Ramon

Production

Filming started August 7, 1951.^[3]