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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Alan Le May (screenplay)
DeVallon Scott (story)
Release Date:
15 July 1953 (Japan) more
Tagline:
The thunder of their plundering shook the earth, the seas, the sky!
Plot:
Honest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
For connoisseurs of ham, here's one of the all-time greats! more (16 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Robert Newton | ... | Edward Teach / Blackbeard |
| Linda Darnell | ... | Edwina Mansfield |
| William Bendix | ... | Ben Worley |
| Keith Andes | ... | Robert Maynard |
| Torin Thatcher | ... | Sir Henry Morgan |
| Irene Ryan | ... | Alvina, a lady in waiting |
| Alan Mowbray | ... | Noll |
| Richard Egan | ... | Briggs |
| Skelton Knaggs | ... | Gilly |
| Dick Wessel | ... | Dutchman |
| Anthony Caruso | ... | Pierre La Garde |
| Jack Lambert | ... | Tom Whetstone |
| Noel Drayton | ... | Jeremy |
 | Pat Flaherty | ... | Job Maggot |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Blackbeard the Pirate (USA) (promotional title)
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Runtime:
99 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
West Germany:12 (nf) | USA:Approved (certificate #15976) | Finland:K-16 | UK:U | Iceland:12
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Quotes:
Blackbeard:
What be your name, girl?
Edwina Mansfield:
Blackbeard!
Blackbeard:
No, I be Blackbeard!
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Yellowbeard (1983) more
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| Maynard Vs. Blackbeard (spoilers) | gnome-5 |
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I am gratified that so many others have commented on Robert Newton's completely over-the-top performance in the title role. Unfortunately, it completely transcends the otherwise conventional Hollywood pirate movie that surrounds it. When he's on the screen, nothing else exists. Yes, it's ham-acting at its hammiest but it's virtuoso ham acting that hardly anyone could hope to match. He rolls his eyes, growls, orates...he simply takes over the movie and almost gives ham-acting a good name. The only performances of this kind that I can think of which come close to matching him are Orson Welles (in many things but especially in "Black Magic") and Ralph Richardson in "Things to Come."