Released
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Title
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Country |
Director |
Notable cast |
Notes
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1950
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Buccaneer's Girl
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United States
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Frederick de Cordova
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Yvonne De Carlo, Philip Friend, Robert Douglas
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Set around 1810
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Double Crossbones
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United States
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Charles Barton
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Donald O'Connor, Helena Carter, Will Geer
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Comedy
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Fortunes of Captain Blood
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United States
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Gordon Douglas
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Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, George Macready
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Based on Captain Blood
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Last of the Buccaneers
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United States
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Lew Landers
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Paul Henreid, Jack Oakie, Karin Booth
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Film about Jean Lafitte (c. 1780 – c. 1823)
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Pirates of the High Seas
|
United States
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Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr
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Buster Crabbe, Lois Hall, Tommy Farrell
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Film serial
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Treasure Island
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United States
United Kingdom
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Byron Haskin
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Robert Newton, Bobby Driscoll, Basil Sydney
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Based on Treasure Island
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Two Lost Worlds
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United States
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Norman Dawn
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James Arness, Kasey Rogers, Bill Kennedy
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Set in the year 1830
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1951
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Anne of the Indies
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United States
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Jacques Tourneur
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Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Debra Paget
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With Blackbeard (c. 1680 – 1718)
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Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
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United Kingdom
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Raoul Walsh
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Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty
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Based on the Horatio Hornblower novels. Set in the Napoleonic Wars
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Flame of Araby
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United States
|
Charles Lamont
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Maureen O'Hara, Jeff Chandler, Lon Chaney Jr., Buddy Baer
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Film about the Brothers Barbarossa (Oruç Reis, c. 1474 – 1518, and Hayreddin Barbarossa, c. 1478 – 1546)
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Hurricane Island
|
United States
|
Lew Landers
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Jon Hall, Marie Windsor, Romo Vincent
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Set in Florida in the year 1513
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Revenge of the Pirates
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Italy
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Primo Zeglio
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Jean-Pierre Aumont, Maria Montez
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1952
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Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
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United States
|
Charles Lamont
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Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Charles Laughton
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Comedy
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Against All Flags
|
United States
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George Sherman
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Errol Flynn, Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn
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Set in Madagascar
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Blackbeard the Pirate
|
United States
|
Raoul Walsh
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Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix
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Film about Blackbeard (c. 1680 – 1718)
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Captain Pirate
|
United States
|
Ralph Murphy
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Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, John Sutton
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Based on Captain Blood. Also known as Captain Blood, Fugitive. Sequel to Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950).
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Caribbean Gold
|
United States
|
Edward Ludwig
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John Payne, Arlene Dahl, Cedric Hardwicke
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Set in 1728
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The Crimson Pirate
|
United States
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Robert Siodmak
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Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat, Eva Bartok
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The Golden Hawk
|
United States
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Sidney Salkow
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Sterling Hayden, Rhonda Fleming, Helena Carter
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Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair
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Italy
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Mario Soldati
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May Britt, Marc Lawrence, Renato Salvatori
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Based on Yolanda, the Black Corsair's Daughter
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I tre corsari
|
Italy
|
Mario Soldati
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Ettore Manni, Marc Lawrence, Renato Salvatori, Cesare Danova
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Based on The Black Corsair
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Yankee Buccaneer
|
United States
|
Frederick de Cordova
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Jeff Chandler, Scott Brady, Suzan Ball
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Film about David Porter (1780 – 1843)
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1953
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Fair Wind to Java
|
United States
|
Joseph Kane
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Fred MacMurray, Vera Ralston, Robert Douglas
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Set in 1883
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The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd
|
United States
|
Derwin Abrahams, Charles S. Gould
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Richard Crane, David Bruce, John Crawford
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Film serial about Captain William Kidd (1654 – 1701)
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The Master of Ballantrae
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United Kingdom
|
William Keighley
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Errol Flynn, Roger Livesey, Anthony Steel, Beatrice Campbell, Yvonne Furneaux
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Set after 1745, based on The Master of Ballantrae
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Peter Pan
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United States
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Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
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Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hans Conried (voices)
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Animated film based on Peter and Wendy
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Prince of Pirates
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United States
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Sidney Salkow
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John Derek, Barbara Rush, Carla Balenda
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Set in the 16th century in the Netherlands
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Raiders of the Seven Seas
|
United States
|
Sidney Salkow
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John Payne, Donna Reed, Gerald Mohr
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Film about Barbarossa (Oruç Reis, c. 1474 – 1518)
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1954
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Alvaro piuttosto corsaro
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|
Camillo Mastrocinque
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Renato Rascel
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Musical
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The Black Pirates
|
United States
Mexico
El Salvador
|
Allen H. Miner
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Anthony Dexter, Martha Roth, and Lon Chaney Jr.
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Captain Hareblower
|
United States
|
Friz Freleng
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Mel Blanc (voice)
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Animated comedy short film
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Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
|
United States
|
Lew Landers
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Anthony Dexter, Eva Gabor, Alan Hale Jr.
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His Majesty O'Keefe
|
United States
|
Byron Haskin
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Burt Lancaster
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Film about David O'Keefe (1824 – 1901) and Bully Hayes (1827 – 1877)
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Long John Silver
|
United States
|
Byron Haskin
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Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Lloyd Berrell
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Also known as Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island Sequel to Treasure Island
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Return to Treasure Island
|
United States
|
Ewald André Dupont
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Tab Hunter, Dawn Addams, Porter Hall
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Sequel to Treasure Island
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1955
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Moonfleet
|
United States
|
Fritz Lang
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Stewart Granger, George Sanders, Joan Greenwood
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Film about smugglers in England in the 18th century
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Pirates of Tripoli
|
United States
|
Felix E. Feist
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Paul Henreid, Patricia Medina, Paul Newlan
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Set in the Mediterranean Sea
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1956
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Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
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United States
|
Norman Foster
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Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, Jeff York
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Film about Davy Crockett (1786 – 1836), set on the Mississippi River
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1957
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Pirate of the Half Moon
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Italy
|
Giuseppe Maria Scotese
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John Derek, Gianna Maria Canale, Ingeborg Schöner
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Set in the 16th century in the Mediterranean Sea
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1958
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The Amorous Corporal
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France
|
Robert Darène
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François Périer, Rossana Podestà, Robert Hirsch
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Set in Madagascar
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The Buccaneer
|
United States
|
Anthony Quinn
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Yul Brynner, Claire Bloom, Charles Boyer, Charlton Heston
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Film about Jean Lafitte (c. 1780 – c. 1823)
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The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
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Czechoslovakia
|
Karel Zeman
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Lubor Tokoš, Arnost Navrátil, Miroslav Holub
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Fantasy and science fiction film based on Facing the Flag by Jules Verne
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Pirate of the Black Hawk
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Italy
France
|
Sergio Grieco
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Gérard Landry, Mijanou Bardot
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Set in the 16th century in the Mediterranean Sea
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1959
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The Little Savage
|
United States
|
Byron Haskin
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Pedro Armendáriz
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Marie of the Isles
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France
Italy
|
Georges Combret
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Belinda Lee, Alain Saury, Magali Noël, Folco Lulli
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Set in 1635
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The Pirate and the Slave Girl
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Italy
|
Piero Pierotti
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Lex Barker, Chelo Alonso, Massimo Serato, Graziella Granata
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Set in the 16th century in the Mediterranean Sea
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Son of the Red Corsair
|
Italy
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Primo Zeglio
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Lex Barker
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Based on Son of the Red Corsair
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