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Les évasions du capitaine Blood

Original title: Captain Pirate
  • 1952
  • Approved
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
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Louis Hayward and Patricia Medina in Les évasions du capitaine Blood (1952)
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In 1690, pardoned pirate Captain Blood's quiet existence is shaken when the Crown re-arrests him on fresh piracy charges but the captain suspects he's being set up.In 1690, pardoned pirate Captain Blood's quiet existence is shaken when the Crown re-arrests him on fresh piracy charges but the captain suspects he's being set up.In 1690, pardoned pirate Captain Blood's quiet existence is shaken when the Crown re-arrests him on fresh piracy charges but the captain suspects he's being set up.

  • Director
    • Ralph Murphy
  • Writers
    • Rafael Sabatini
    • Robert Libott
    • Frank Burt
  • Stars
    • Louis Hayward
    • Patricia Medina
    • John Sutton
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    395
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    • Director
      • Ralph Murphy
    • Writers
      • Rafael Sabatini
      • Robert Libott
      • Frank Burt
    • Stars
      • Louis Hayward
      • Patricia Medina
      • John Sutton
    • 18User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Louis Hayward
    Louis Hayward
    • Capt. Peter Blood
    Patricia Medina
    Patricia Medina
    • Dona Isabella
    John Sutton
    John Sutton
    • Capt. Hilary Evans
    Charles Irwin
    Charles Irwin
    • Angus McVickers
    Ted de Corsia
    Ted de Corsia
    • Capt. Easterling
    Rex Evans
    Rex Evans
    • Gov. Henry Carlyle
    Malú Gatica
    Malú Gatica
    • Amanda
    • (as Malu Gatica)
    George Givot
    George Givot
    • Tomas Velasquez
    Robert McNeely
    • Manuelito
    Nina Koshetz
    • Madame Duval
    Lester Matthews
    Lester Matthews
    • Col. Ramsey
    Sven Hugo Borg
    Sven Hugo Borg
    • Swede
    Sandro Giglio
    Sandro Giglio
    • Don Ramon
    Abdullah Abbas
    • Pirate
    • (uncredited)
    Victor Adamson
    Victor Adamson
    • Pirate
    • (uncredited)
    George Barrows
    George Barrows
    • Seaman
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Bice
    Robert Bice
    • Lieutenant
    • (uncredited)
    Barry Brooks
    • Sailor
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Ralph Murphy
    • Writers
      • Rafael Sabatini
      • Robert Libott
      • Frank Burt
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    8vitaleralphlouis

    Pirate Movies in 1952 were MUCH BETTER than in 2006-2008!

    LOUIS HAYWARD was born to play the lead in swashbuckler movies like this one; and 60 years ago when he did movies in modern clothes the public wished he was in a movie like this one.

    A well made action adventure which relies heavily on character and story -- and less on today's annoying jump-around camera "work" and editing -- without the silliness of Jerry Bruckheimer and Johnny Depp -- this was what pirate movies were all about.

    One thing about CAPTAIN PIRATE is the slavery thing which is not the main focus but is a vital part of the story. The slaves were in Jamaica, and in Martinique, and Santo Domingo, and a lot of other places. England, Spain, Netherlands, France; they all enjoyed the benefits of "live gold" -- but kept their slaves out-of-sight in the Caribbean (and other places). America was the country that ENDED slavery; but all the same we hear bellyaching about it 150 years later -- not just from Blacks but from white liberals and their endless hand-wringing "White Guilt" -- even though nobody's been a slave or owned a slave in a century-and-a-half. Captain Blood did NOT like slavery -- most particularly since he was an ex-slave (oh, yes; white slaves too).

    This fine movie, as well as the earlier "Fortunes of Captain Blood" are available on DVD. I recommend both. Or either.
    6CinemaSerf

    Captain Pirate

    Whilst this isn't a patch on "Captain Blood" (1935), it still makes for a fun sort-of sequel with Louis Hayward swashing and buckling for ninety minutes. This time, he must convince the authorities that he is being framed for a series of daring pirate raids on shipping by a man impersonating him. When they try to arrest him, he takes to his old ways to prove his innocence. We have seen all of this before, and to be honest much of it is a bit flat and derivative; Hayward hasn't the glint in his eye of many of his more mischievous, engaging, earlier performances and it really misses a decent baddie - a foil for his character to fence with. It's still an enjoyable film to watch, the costumes are suitably sumptuous and there is cannon fire a-plenty, but somehow it just falls a bit short.
    6Marlburian

    Reasonable swashbuckler

    I guess the previous reviews have said most of it. I watched this film without having seen "Fortunes of Captain Blood", and it was OK. Good colour, and the battle scenes, including the inevitable closing duel, were well mounted, if one makes allowances for model ships devoid of crews.

    The plot progressed at a good pace, though there were several occasions when I thought "How on earth did (s)he know that", and the King of Spain's offer of a pardon for Dona Isabella arrived very quickly indeed.

    There was quite a parade of colourful characters who had a few minutes of screen time.
    6richardchatten

    "Doctor Blood, I presume?"

    Louis Hayward plays Captain Blood, now a reformed character and practicing medicine on a tropical island who wants to settle down and marry a Spanish countess dressed by Jean Louis.

    But as regularly happens to Elvis Presley in similar circumstances his past comes back to haunt him and he has to pick up his sword and return to the high seas to restore his reputation.

    There's a lot of talk amidst the action; the picture's aspirations to an epic dimension deriving from a brief narration by Patricia Medina. In amongst the yo-ho-ho and swordplay Hayward also gets the admiring attention of a cute of a cute little kid who's also just like you'd find in a Presley picture.
    6bkoganbing

    Captain Blood's Identity Theft Problem

    Harry Cohn must have wanted to do Captain Pirate and it's predecessor Fortunes of Captain Blood very bad because he had to have shelved out some big bucks to Jack Warner for that footage he used in a flashback sequence in this film. Might have been interesting had he gotten Errol Flynn along with the movie.

    Not that Louis Hayward is a bad Captain Blood. Hayward definitely has the swashbuckling élan for the part. But he's up against a rather routine script that's concerned with a case of identity theft.

    Somewhere along the line Blood ditched the Olivia DeHavilland character from the Warner Brothers classic and in the Fortunes Of Captain Blood wooed and won the daughter of Spanish don, Patricia Medina. Now wedding bells are ringing, but when one of His Majesty's representatives, John Sutton, who also has a hankering for Pat brings news that Blood has led a raid on Cartagena and among other things stolen some valuable jewelry, it looks like Hayward is back to his old pirate ways.

    In fact that becomes something of a wish fulfillment for Sutton, because Hayward in order to prove his innocence has to round up his old crew and steal a ship, Sutton's ship to be precise, and roam the Caribbean in search of the impostor. During the search he uncovers some treason as well. Great Britain and Spain were allies at this time during the 1690s and the French would like nothing better than to tear this alliance apart.

    Hayward and Medina make a beautiful pair of hero and heroine. Hayward's Blood is not as dashing as Errol Flynn's, but he does make up for it with being very cunning. Still the results are rather predictable and if you haven't figured out who the bad guys are, you haven't seen too many pirate movies.

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    • Trivia
      Includes black and white archive footage from Nouvelles aventures du capitaine Blood (1950), used in flashback form.
    • Goofs
      Though the film is set in 1690, one of the characters sings "Largo al factotum" from Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville," which wasn't written until 1816.
    • Connections
      Follows Nouvelles aventures du capitaine Blood (1950)

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    • Release date
      • August 27, 1952 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Captain Pirate
    • Filming locations
      • USA
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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