Terry and the Pirates (1940)
- Directed by
- James W. Horne
- Genre
- adventure film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 5h
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Terry Lee goes on adventures with pirates and treasure hunters in China. The story is based on a popular comic strip but changes it heavily.
fast-pacedadventurousenergeticpulpdatedepisodiccliffhanger-heavy
What happens
Terry and the Pirates (1940) is the 10th film serial released by Columbia. It is based on the comic strip Terry and the Pirates created by Milton Caniff. In his biography, Meanwhile..., Caniff stated that he hated the serial for changing so much of his comic strip, and that "I saw the first chapter and walked out screaming". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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