PIRATES OF BLOOD RIVER-1962-Huguenot
John Standing (Kerwin Matthews) is sent to a penal colony after being
convicted of adultery. He breaks stones, is whipped and hung by his
wrists. He escapes but is picked up by a band of pirates lead by
LeRosch (Christopher Lee with eye patch and French accent). His crew
includes Peter Arne, Michael Ripper and Oliver Reed. John takes the
pirates back to his village and no sooner do they get there when they
kill one of John's friends. The pirates want to take over the village
(where Andrew Keir plays a town elder) and the residents put up a
good fight until the pirates capture the women and children. A
treasure is found and John and his friend Henry (Glenn Corbett) team
up to stop the invaders. Later the pirates revolt against LeRosch and
he winds up impaled. No pirate ship is ever seen.
This color Hammer
production was directed (and co-written) by John Gilling who went on
to make THE REPTILE and THE PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES for Hammer. And
despite the fact that there's no sea faring this was a big hit in
England. Hammer followed this with THE DEVIL SHIP PIRATES (also with
Lee, Keir nad Ripper).
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