Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the late 1700s. A light hearted adventure involving prison breaks, an oddball scientist, sailing ships, naval fights and tons of swordplay.

Top Cast

Burt LancasterCapt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)

Nick CravatOjo

Eva BartokConsuelo

Torin ThatcherHumble Bellows

James HayterProf. Prudence

Leslie BradleyBaron Jose Gruda

Margot GrahameBianca

Noel PurcellPablo Murphy