Robert Newton

Linda Darnell

William Bendix

Keith Andes

Torin Thatcher

Irene Ryan

Alan Mowbray

Richard Egan

Skelton Knaggs

Dick Wessel

Anthony Caruso

Jack Lambert

Noel Drayton

Pat Flaherty

Chuck Roberson

Patrick Whyte

Peter Ortiz

Raoul Walsh

Alan Le May

DeVallon Scott

Edmund Grainger

Victor Young

William E. Snyder

Ralph Dawson

Albert S. D'Agostino

Jack Okey

Larry Germain

Darrell Silvera

John Sturtevant

Michael Woulfe

Cliff P. Broughton

James E. Casey

Frank McWhorter

Clem Portman

Mel Berns

Harold E. Wellman

K. D. Iain Murray

C. Bakaleinikoff

Hal A. Long

Adventure

Blackbeard, the Pirate

RKO Radio Pictures

United States of America

CinemaSerf

A lavish seafaring adventure with Robert Newton excellent as Edward Teach "Blackbeard"; the legendary 17th century pirate and Torin Thatcher as the poacher-cum-gamekeeper Governor of Jamaica (Sir Henry Morgan). Clearly cast for his good looks, Keith Andes ("Robert Maynard") isn't quite so convinced about Morgan's Damascan transformation and goes undercover as a surgeon to win a reward by proving Morgan is still as naughty as ever. It's very much a vehicle for Newton - with obvious comparisons to his super performance in "Treasure Island" (1950). Linda Darnell brings some rather clunky glamour to the proceedings aided by Irene Ryan (doing her best Una O'Connor impression as the maid). It's a hotch-potch of historical fact and fiction; Raoul Walsh doesn't quite keep his hand steady enough on the tiller well enough though - parts of the middle do sag a bit; but it's a great watch with lots of swash, buckle and rum!

English

Blackbeard The Pirate 1952 Trailer