Captain Kidd (1945)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Rowland V. Lee

Writers:

Robert N. Lee (story)
Norman Reilly Raine (writer)

Release Date:

1946 (Austria)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Adventure

Tagline:

Adventure on the high seas!

Plot:

The unhistorical adventures of pirate Captain Kidd revolve around treasure and treachery.

Plot Keywords:

Pirate | King | Dinner Party | Daughter | Partners

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Charles Laughton	...	Capt. William Kidd
Randolph Scott	...	Adam Mercy
Barbara Britton	...	Lady Anne Dunstan
John Carradine	...	Orange Povey
Gilbert Roland	...	Jose Lorenzo
John Qualen	...	Bart Blivens
Sheldon Leonard	...	Cyprian Boyle
William Farnum	...	Capt. Rawson
Henry Daniell	...	King William III
Reginald Owen	...	Cary Shadwell

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

Canada:G (Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Benedict Bogeaus Production

Trivia:

Four years before this movie was made, Charles Laughton co-starred in It Started with Eve (1941), In that film, Laughton's character, Jonathan Reynolds Sr., is said to have been born two centuries too late. The assistant newspaper editor comments that he could have been "Captain Kidd himself".

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Tower Bridge wasn't built until 1894, though it's shown here as existing long before, in Kidd's lifetime.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Capt. William Kidd: Stab me, there's a pretty sight!
Orange Povey: It'll be prettier still when the fire reaches the magazine, Captain.
Cyprian Boyle: Pity though. Lots of stout seamen among 'em. They've been with us a long time.
Capt. William Kidd: We can none of live forever, Mr. Boyle. Dead men don't talk.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)

Magnificent story

I've been a fan of Randolph Scott for some time. Even though it's easy to predict the outcome in most of his movies, I find them extremely entertaining and sometimes thrilling. This is not an exception.

Charles Laughton (as Captain Kidd himself), Randolph Scott (as Adam Mercy) and actually John Carradine (Orange Povey) all three performs in this exciting movie about Captain Kidd and his adventure around Madagaskar in the sixteen hundreds. The acting is great and the script is stunning. This film would not be as good as it is without Laughton who is absolutely brilliant as Mr Kidd.

Of course in black and white but that doesn't matter! It's very very nicely done and truly great acting! See it!