Douglas Fairbanks, Billie Dove
Seeking revenge, an athletic young man joins the pirate band responsible for his father's death.
DVD Release Date: October 12, 1999
Stats: 39 reviews
As far as pirate classics go them this is cinema treat. It was released in 1926. Shot in black and white and above all a silent movie, its still 1.5 hours in length and all the action and mystery you would expect from a pirate film.
I knew little of this film before watching it, but am glad I found it. It's an excellent early film about a group of cutthroats. The thing that surprised me the most was that it was in color. It was filmed using the experimental two-color technicolor process. After watching the "...( read more)
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