The Crimson Pirate details
| Format: | PG DVD |
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| Starring: | Eva Bartok, Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat, James Hayter |
| Directors: | Richard Siod, Richard Siodmak |
| Genres: | Action/Adventure, Comedy |
| Studio: | ORBIT MEDIA LTD. |
| Name | Discs | |
|---|---|---|
The Crimson Pirate |
PG Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 45 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 29 Sep 2008 |
| Main languages: | English |
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Four Stars For The Film, No Stars For The DVD
By a customer from Liverpool , 13 Sep 2008[Highly rated reviewer]
It's a wonderful technicolour extravaganza that deserves the full treatment from Warner Bros. Unfortunately, what we have here is another dreadful bootleg from Orbit Media. Avoid like the plague and hope that Warner will release an official DVD sometime soon.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(6)classic film
By b-movie (92 reviews) from Cardigan , 16 Apr 2013a very good old movie , i saw this film film when i was a kid and i have watched it many times sense then. well made for its time- Was this review helpful to you?
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Classic film but bad DVD
By PWM71 (37 reviews) from Birmingham , 12 Nov 2011THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Show review anywayHide
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Classic Adventure
By Jennish (335 reviews) from Rye , 07 Nov 2011This tongue in cheek pirate yarn is one of the great family adventure films of all time. A stunningly acrobatic and charming Burt Lancaster and his former circus act partner Nick Cravat star as two daredevil pirates whose gun running schemes come unstuck in the face of a beautiful woman. There's comic sequences, thrilling stunts in the rigging, ship to ship action, a nutty scientist, a full blown revolution and even a youthful Christopher Lee as the henchman of a corrupt Governor. This movie has everything and wasn't bettered until Raiders of the Lost Ark. Sadly this feature has yet to be remastered and released by the original production house and this cheapo Orbit media DVD is far from the best quality.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Classic entertainment!
By siralph (7 reviews) from nottingham , 10 Jun 2009I remember watching this film a lot as a kid... Seeing it again after all these years was a delight - it's still great fun. Lancaster's acrobatic skills are put on full show, they just wouldn't let a movie star do this kind of thing today!
You can also see the massive influence this film had on the makers of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' films...
The only negative I would give this is that this classic film could really do with a full restoration job done on it. The picture is a little too soft in places and the sound is not too good at all, I've seen films made around this time (1952) in much better condition so it's certainly possible... Look at 'North by Northwest' to see how gorgeous a film can look after some serious restoration work!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Four Stars For The Film, No Stars For The DVD
By a customer from Liverpool , 13 Sep 2008It's a wonderful technicolour extravaganza that deserves the full treatment from Warner Bros. Unfortunately, what we have here is another dreadful bootleg from Orbit Media. Avoid like the plague and hope that Warner will release an official DVD sometime soon.- Was this review helpful to you?
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