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ActionAdventure

Fortunes of Captain Blood

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When he unwittingly sends some of his men into a trap, pirate Captain Peter Blood decides to rescue them. They've been taken prisoner by the Spanish Marquis de Riconete who is now using them as slave labor harvesting pearls from the sea.

Release Date : 1950-05-19

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Columbia Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Louis Hayward

Character Name : Captain Peter Blood

Original Name : Louis Hayward

Gender : Male

Patricia Medina

Character Name : Isabelita Sotomayor

Original Name : Patricia Medina

Gender : Female

George Macready

Character Name : Marquis de Riconete

Original Name : George Macready

Gender : Male

Alfonso Bedoya

Character Name : Carmilio, Prison Overseer

Original Name : Alfonso Bedoya

Gender : Male

Dona Drake

Character Name : Pepita

Original Name : Dona Drake

Gender : Female

Lowell Gilmore

Character Name : George Fairfax

Original Name : Lowell Gilmore

Gender : Male

Wilton Graff

Character Name : Capt. Alvarado

Original Name : Wilton Graff

Gender : Male

Curt Bois

Character Name : King Charles II

Original Name : Curt Bois

Gender : Male

Lumsden Hare

Character Name : Tom Mannering

Original Name : Lumsden Hare

Gender : Male

Billy Bevan

Character Name : Billy Bragg

Original Name : Billy Bevan

Gender : Male

Harry Cording

Character Name : Will Ward

Original Name : Harry Cording

Gender : Male

Duke York

Character Name : Andrew Hardy

Original Name : Duke York

Gender : Male

Sven Hugo Borg

Character Name : Swede

Original Name : Sven Hugo Borg

Gender : Male

Martín Garralaga

Character Name : Antonio Viamonte

Original Name : Martín Garralaga

Gender : Male

James Fairfax

Character Name : Nat Russell

Original Name : James Fairfax

Gender : Male

Charles Irwin

Character Name : Smitty

Original Name : Charles Irwin

Gender : Male

Terry Kilburn

Character Name : Kenny Jensen

Original Name : Terry Kilburn

Gender : Male

Alberto Morin

Character Name : Miguel Gonzales

Original Name : Alberto Morin

Gender : Male

Nick Volpe

Character Name : Papa Rosados

Original Name : Nick Volpe

Gender : Male

Jerry Schumacher

Character Name : Crew Member

Original Name : Jerry Schumacher

Gender : Male

Victor Adamson

Character Name : Crew Member

Original Name : Victor Adamson

Gender : Male

Trevor Bardette

Character Name : Head Prison Guard

Original Name : Trevor Bardette

Gender : Male

David Bond

Character Name : Lieutenant

Original Name : David Bond

Gender : Male

Charles Stevens

Character Name : Juan Otlas

Original Name : Charles Stevens

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-06-29

I think it's fair to say that Louis Hayward was just a little bit past his best when he made this rather dry pirate adventure. He picks up the character from Errol Flynn (which maybe doesn't help either) as "Capt. Blood" and works on a complicated plan to go into the town incognito, and rescue some of his crew captured by the wicked "Marquis" (George Macready) now used to fish for pearls - quite a dangerous activity in the shark-infested waters. Along the way, he falls for the slightly aloof "Isabelita" (Patricia Medina) who is the daughter of his antagonist and the apple of the eye of the ambitious "Fairfax" (Lowell Gilmore). What's really missing here - save for, maybe the last ten minutes, is action. For an action film it's positively stolid. Hayward tries hard to hold it together and Macready was ever a good baddie but nobody is firing at all well here as they have to plod through the interminable dialogue with just nowhere near enough swash, buckle or swinging from the yardarm. This is one of my favourite genres and though it's not the best, it's still watchable enough. You'll never remember it, though.