Captain Kidd (1945)

Directed by

Rowland V. Lee

Genre

swashbuckler film, biographical film, pirate film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Charles Laughton plays the legendary pirate Captain Kidd who plots and schemes his way around treasure and authority. Randolph Scott and Barbara Britton also star in this adventure film.

swashbucklinglightheartedadventurouswhimsicalplayfulold-fashionedcheerful

What happens

Captain Kidd is a 1945 American adventure film starring Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott and Barbara Britton. It was directed by Rowland V. Lee, his last before he retired, and produced by Benedict Bogeaus and James Nasser. The music was conducted by Werner Janssen. The film was released by United Artists. It has entered the public domain because the producers neglected to renew the copyright in 1972. In his memoirs, Nikita Khrushchev noted that this was one of Joseph Stalin's favourite films, and that Stalin identified with the mischievous captain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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