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Director:
Roman Polanski
Writers:
Gérard Brach (writer)
John Brownjohn (screenplay)
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Release Date:
18 July 1986 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Comedy more
Plot:
Captain Red runs a hardy pirate ship with the able assistance of Frog, a dashing young French sailor... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Matthau is Superb! One of Polanskis most underestimated movie. more (36 total)

Cast

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Walter Matthau ... Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red
Cris Campion ... The Frog - Jean-Baptiste
Damien Thomas ... Don Alfonso de la Torré
Olu Jacobs ... Boomako
Ferdy Mayne ... Captain Linares

David Kelly ... Surgeon
Tony Peck ... Spanish Officer (as Anthony Peck)
Anthony Dawson ... Spanish Officer
Richard Dieux ... Spanish Officer
Jacques Maury ... Spanish Officer
José Santamaría ... Master at Arms (as Jose Santamaría)
Robert Dorning ... Commander of Marines
Luc Jamati ... Pepito Gonzalez
Emilio Fernandez ... Angelito (as Emilio Fernandez)
Wladyslaw Komar ... Jesus (also as Wladislaw Komar)
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Runtime:
121 min | Argentina:116 min | Sweden:118 min
Country:
France | Tunisia
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)
Certification:
UK:PG (original rating/video rating) | Iceland:14 | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12 | Australia:PG
Filming Locations:
Malta more
Company:
Carthago Films S.a.r.l. more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Damien Thomas was cast at short notice replacing an actor who pulled out. more
Quotes:
The Frog - Jean-Baptiste: Gold would be your ruin, Captain. It would cost ous our heads.
Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red: It's easier to live without a head than without gold, you numskull!
The Frog - Jean-Baptiste: I fight for hatred of the spanish, I fight for glory not gold.
Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red: Man fights for what he lacks the most!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Clive James Meets Roman Polanski (1984) (TV) more

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22 out of 26 people found the following comment useful.
Matthau is Superb! One of Polanskis most underestimated movie., 31 May 2004
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Author: rickihogaard from Denmark

Watch this movie. Walther Matthaus acting is quite superb. People are talking about Pirates of the Carribean these days, and Depps performance, which is also quite funny but it is my opinion that Matthau personifies that which Depp (tries to) plays in PotC. Matthau is the perfect old-school pirate drunkard and simply hilarious. As an extra notable performance is Frog (Cris Campion) playing a french retard which falls in love with the fair Maria-Dolores. This Polanski film is a gem. I cant call it the best pirate movie ever made because i haven't seen them all, but i can tell you that its the best I've seen yet, and i suspect that it will stay that way. Its just a shame that it never got the credits that it deserved.

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