Yankee Buccaneer (1952)
- Directed by
- Fred de Cordova
- Genre
- swashbuckler film, adventure film, romance film, pirate film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In the early 1800s, a US Navy officer and his crew pretend to be pirates to hunt down real pirates. The film follows their undercover mission on the high seas.
swashbucklingadventurousplayfullight-heartedcolorfulfast-pacedruggedderring-do
What happens
Yankee Buccaneer is a 1952 American technicolor adventure film directed by Frederick de Cordova and starring Jeff Chandler as a US Navy officer fighting pirates, and Scott Brady and Suzan Ball. Distributed by Universal-International and produced by Howard Christie, it was shot in Technicolor and was released on September 16. The story is set in the early 19th century and tells of Commander David Porter and his men going undercover as pirates to fight piracy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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