Bob Hope is in top form in this Technicolor parody of pirate pictures, doing his best vaudeville shtick as an inept performer trying to save princess Virginia Mayo from the evil clutches of governor W...( read more
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Directed by: Sidney Lanfield, David Butler (I)
Release Date: December 31, 1995
DVD Release Date: May 17, 2005
Stats: 71 reviews
Old Bob Hope films were always amongst my favourites growing up, and this is one of his funniest. He plays Sylvester The Great, man of seven faces ("I travel a lot. With my act, it's safer!") who saves runaway princess Virginia Mayo from the clutches of evil buccaneer The Hook. T...( read more)
Bob Hope at his best. Virginia Mayo drop dead gorgeous. Funny as can be. Slyvester: "I'll chop off his liver! Say, that might be pretty good, chopped liver".
Some insanely funny lines, I could quote them but then you might not watch the movie.
I like the Classical Pirate Movies. They dont have those special effects like the Pirate Movies these days, but they were descent. Amazing I have seen some of the Classical Pirate Movies, which had great special effects not great as POTC, but great.
I love bob hope
He is so funny in this movie he plays a coward very well lol
How could you not love Bob Hope with all his korny lines? This is one of my fav's.
Bob Hope is too funny, and Virginia Mayo is excellent and absolutely stunning!!
It's Bob Hope, so it's already great. Not my favorite Hope film, but still funny
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