The Boy & the Pirates (1960)
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29% of users liked it
(105 ratings)
Quickie-flick entrepreneur Bert I. Gordon makes a bid for the kiddie trade in The Boy and the Pirates. Charles Herbert, the juvenile star of 13 Ghosts, plays a contemporary kid who finds a bottle on the beach. The bottle contains genie Joseph Turkel (a loyal member of Stanley Kubrick's… More Quickie-flick entrepreneur Bert I. Gordon makes a bid for the kiddie trade in The Boy and the Pirates. Charles Herbert, the juvenile star of 13 Ghosts, plays a contemporary kid who finds a bottle on the beach. The bottle contains genie Joseph Turkel (a loyal member of Stanley Kubrick's "stock company"), who whisks Herbert back in time and on board the pirate ship captained by Bluebeard (Murvyn Vye, whose performance is as shamelessly over-the-top as anything concocted by Robert Newton). Reams of stock footage later, Herbert escapes Bluebeard's clutches, together with his new friend Susan Gordon (Bert I. Gordon's daughter). Veteran Hollywood scrivener Lillie Hayward brings some much-needed class and polish to the low-budget proceedings. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Bert I. Gordon
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Apr 13, 1960 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Renee Schonfeld, Common Sense Media
Time-travel pirate adventure with boy hero, guns, swords.
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Cast
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Charles Herbert
as Jimmy Warren
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Susan Gordon
as Katrina Van Keif
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Murvyn Vye
as Blackbeard
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Paul Guilfoyle
as Snipe
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Joe Turkel
as Abu the Genie
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Archie Duncan
as Scoggins
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Than Wyenn
as Hunter
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Al Cavens
as Dutch Captain
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Mickey Finn
as Peake
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Morgan Jones
as Mr. Warren
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Timothy Carey
as Morgan
