Barbe-Noire le pirate

Original title: Blackbeard, the Pirate

1952
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1h 39m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

1.8K

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Honest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.

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Honest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.Honest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.Honest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

1.8K

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See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Initially, it was going to be filmed under the title Buccaneer Empire directed by Robert Stevenson with a cast headed by Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Victor Mature and Jack Buetel.

Goofs
Although Henry Morgan is depicted as Blackbeard's chief antagonist, Morgan retired on 1683 and died in 1688, when Blackbeard (born circa 1680) was only eight years old. Blackbeard did not arrive in the Indies until the closing years of the 17th Century, well after Morgan's death.

Quotes
Blackbeard: What be your name, girl?
Edwina Mansfield: Blackbeard!
Blackbeard: No, I be Blackbeard!

Crazy credits
Opening credits prologue: "The meeker the man, the more pirate he, Snug in his armchair, far from the sea, And reason commends his position: He has all of the fun and none of the woes, Masters the ladies and scuttles his foes, And cheats both the noose and perdition!"

"THE ARMCHAIR PIRATE" -Anon.-

Connections
Featured in Bob l'éponge: Shanghaied/Gary Takes a Bath (2001)

Soundtracks
The Miller of the Dee
Traditional
Performed by Robert Newton

User reviews42

Featured review

8/10

A hilarious movie...

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?