Against All Flags (1952)

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The Buccaneer's Girl of the title, played by Yvonne de Carlo, is Deborah McCoy, an entertainer who's been around a bit. While visiting New Orleans, Deborah falls in love with aristocratic Frederick Baptiste (Philip Friend), who turns out to be a pirate. Baptiste is basically a decent fellow: his… More The Buccaneer's Girl of the title, played by Yvonne de Carlo, is Deborah McCoy, an entertainer who's been around a bit. While visiting New Orleans, Deborah falls in love with aristocratic Frederick Baptiste (Philip Friend), who turns out to be a pirate. Baptiste is basically a decent fellow: his piracy is aimed exclusively at the crooked shipowner who destroyed his father. Deborah is a bit more mercenary, hoping to marry into wealth by posing as a high-born lady. By the seventh reel, however, she's perfectly content to settle down with the raffish Baptiste. Though played tongue-in-cheek, Buccaneer's Girl never resorts to "camp": it invites the audience to laugh with the film, rather than at it. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 17 min.
Directed By: George Sherman
Written By: Joseph Hoffman
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics

In Theaters: Dec 24, 1952 Wide
On DVD: May 8, 2007
Studio: MCA/Universal Pictures

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jay n

Colorful piece of derring do with Maureen O'Hara, glowing in Technicolor, a fine match for Errol Flynn. He looks haggard, only 42 when this was shot he looks a good 10 years older, he still had enough verve left to give a spirited perfomance. Nothing spectacular but unmistakably… More
Colorful piece of derring do with Maureen O'Hara, glowing in Technicolor, a fine match for Errol Flynn. He looks haggard, only 42 when this was shot he looks a good 10 years older, he still had enough verve left to give a spirited perfomance. Nothing spectacular but unmistakably a high class affair.

Cast

            Yvonne De Carlo as Deborah McCoy

            Phillip Friend as Frederic Baptiste

            Robert Douglas as Narbonne

            Elsa Lanchester as Mme. Brizer

            Andrea King as Arlene Villon

            Norman Lloyd as Patout

            Jay C. Flippen as Jared Hawkins

            Henry Daniell as Capt. Duvall

            Douglas Dumbrille as Capt. Martos

            Verna Felton as Dowager

            John Qualen as Vegetable Man

            Connie Gilchrist as Vegetable Woman

            Ben Welden as Tom

            Dewey Robinson as Kryl

            Peggie Castle as Cleo

            Errol Flynn as Brian Hawke

            Maureen O'Hara as Spitfire Stevens

            Anthony Quinn as Roc Brasiliano

            Alice Kelley as Princess Patma

            Mildred Natwick as Molvina MacGregor

            Robert Warwick as Capt. Kidd

            Harry Cording as Gow

            John Alderson as Jonathan Harris

            Phil Tully as Jones

            Lester Matthews as Sir Cloudsley

            Tudor Owen as William the Armourer

            Maurice Marsac as Capt. Moisson

            James Craven as Capt. Hornsby

            James Fairfax as Cruikshank the Barber

            Charles Fitzsimmons as Flag Lieutenant

            Arthur E. Gould-Porter as Lord Portland

            Chuck Hamilton as Pirate

            Olaf Hytten as King William

            Ethan Laidlaw as Townsman

            Keith McConnell as Quartermaster

            Paul Newlan as Crop-ear Collins

            Bill Radovich as Hassan

            Michael Ross as Swaine

            Lewis L. Russell as Oxford

            Carl Saxe as Pirate

            John Anderson as Jonathan Harris
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